by Sean - 30 September 2006
I’m afraid of many things. I assume we all have fears of some sort, so that doesn’t make me particularly different from anyone else. Yet, my fears are mine, and I still have to deal with them, whether 2 gazillion other people have fears or not. But what has fear got to do with transabled issues? There’s a relationship in many more ways than I can explain, but I’ll just talk about this particular set of concerns: the fear related to talking about transabled issues with my partner.
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by Sean - 29 September 2006
Someone pointed me to an interesting site yesterday. It’s the site for a rehabilitation center in Canada, who has come up with a "device was developed to allow non-amputees to walk like a person with a trans-femoral amputation". This seems like an interesting item that could benefit some of our friends who’s BIID focus is leg amputations.
Get an idea of what it’s like to walk with a prosthesis continues »
by Sean -
I was watching tv last night, as one does from time to time. It was an episode of CSI, where transexuals played a major role. Two were killed, rather gruesome stuff. One was the killer. Many were "interviewed". And one of them said something that made a lot of sense to my transabled brain.
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by Sophie - 28 September 2006
I’m feeling out of sorts today. I know that I shouldn’t. I’m doing what most people can only dream about. I get to spend the whole day in a wheelchair. I just got a new pair of pants (my other 3 pairs have holes in strategic places), today is payday, I’m getting on top of all my bills again, so why do I feel like I’m missing something?
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by Sean - 26 September 2006
I have received an email from a young woman with a disability, and the exchange of email has proven very interesting so far. Part of what we’ve been discussing is the concept of choice. As in, we (transabled) can chose to stop using the wheelchair at any time, we don’t really know what it’s like. I’m simplifying her position quite a bit, but it’s not so much about what she said, as much as what it prompted me to think.
It’s a question of choice, or is it? continues »