by Sean - 26 April 2006
What is in a name?
This disorder has had several different names in the past. It was originally described as Apotemnophilia in 1977. For a short time, it was termed Amputee Identity Disorder (AID) and Furth and Smith wrote the only book that exists on the subject to date: Amputee Identity Disorder Information, Questions, Answers and Recommendations About Self Demand Amputation The most appropriate name, as determined by psychiatrists working in the field, is Body Integrity Identity Disorder, or BIID.
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by Sean -
The following list of terms was found on biid.org. We (transabled.org) do not necessarily agree with the definition or usage of those terms. They are presented “as is”, for the sake of the biid.org archive.
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by Alex -
One to the next thing on my list:
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by Maria - 24 April 2006
First let me introduce myself.
My name is Maria. I’m twenty-three years old and, obviously, female. I’m currently in my junior year of university to become a teacher. I’m also married to a wonderful husband, and together we have one wonderful cat. Nothing too unusual.
Well… this might be where the not-so-unusual ends.
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by Alex -
Since I am a person who likes my ducks in order I have created a list of things essential to getting my new life going. I have decided when and where to officially start and while it seems a far off time it will accomplish two things for me, but more on that later. Here is the list.
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