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Invitation to take part in a study on BIID

by Sean - 26 October 2006

I was contacted by a researcher who is doing a study on Body Identity Integrity Disorder. She appears genuine and her credentials check out. This is not a student doing some research paper on BIID, nor a journalist after a sensasionalistic story. It is an honest-to-goodness study that might actually help those of us who are transabled. The researcher asked me to post her request for assistance on transabled.org, and I am pleased to do so.

The Chair

by Claire -

This came from Claire, in a sort of brain storming. She wasn’t sure if it was usable. Sean saw it and thought it was fantastic. He reformatted it a wee bit, and here it is.

Note that Claire was skeptical about posting this at all, but trusts Sean. It’s his site, after all. If he wants to post raving madness, that’s his affair.

Blindsimming vs using a wheelchair

by Sean - 25 October 2006

Over the last several months I’ve emailed with someone who’s BIID makes her want need to be blind. There have been many interesting conversations. While she doesn’t live and work full time as blind, she does blindsim a lot. She tells me she can spend entire weekends in "blind mode", and that she finds doing house chores almost easier (certainly more enjoyable) while blindsimming. I started pondering what it would be like to blindsim.

Just a Pair of Gloves

by Claire -

My wheelchair hasn’t arrived yet, but this morning on a whim I went to a sporting goods store to get myself a pair of bicycle gloves; the kind with no fingers that many wheelchair users wear. I told the salesgirl what I wanted and she led me to the bicycle aisle. This may sound odd, but I felt a bit of awe as I took them off the rack. But that was nothing to the feeling that settled over me as I placed them on my hands.

Intelligence v Self Confidence

by Sophie - 24 October 2006

Sean said something tonight that got me wondering. He said that transabled people tend to have a slightly higher intelligence and a lower self-esteem. He asked me if I thought I was an intelligent woman and I honestly couldn’t answer. It’s the whole battle &nbps;am I intelligent but I lack the self confidence to admit it?&nbps;