Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sean - 21 March 2007
There appears to be some confusion, misunderstanding and differences of opinion as to what "transabled" stands for and what the difference between BIID and Transability is. It’s time I talk a bit more about this.
BIID vs Transabled continues »
by Sean - 20 March 2007
A while ago, I watched a documentary called Return to Gender. It was a fascinating segment about three transsexuals who regretted their trip down the SRS path, the impact it has had in their lives, and how they are going about attempting to reverse the process. And I was thinking "they can’t", particularly not after surgery in any case.
Return to Gender continues »
by Claire -
I was conversing recently with another para wannabe and I realized something about my desire to be a paraplegic. What I find intersting with my own desire is that I don’t think, actually, what an SCI is truly what I want because my image of myself has always been simply of my legs not working. I still have abs, I still have lower back, it’s just the limbs themselves that shouldn’t work properly. It starts at hip-level. You might say that I’m just idealizing paraplegia, and you might have a point, except that I have talked to people with BIID who desire to be vent-dependent quads! My BIID is at a certain level, and always has been, and someone else’s may be higher (quad) or lower (just one foot).
Body Image and the Brain continues »
by Claire - 18 March 2007
Going through boxes of old books this weekend I came across an old diary. I confess I wasn’t a very regular writer - in a 3-year period there are a total of 13 entries. I quickly read through them, and came across an entry, dated 1981.
Dear Diary continues »
by Sean - 15 March 2007
I have been saying that BIID is a mental illness. Some people agree with me, others do not. Some people are in fact vehemently against that label. I find it interesting that the idea of BIID as a mental illness receives such a negative welcome in our community. Seeing BIID as a mental ilness may in fact be the only way we’ll ever be accepted in the disability community and receive treatment from the medical community. Otherwise, we’re just weirdos.
BIID: A mental lllness continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2008 - All Rights Reserved.