Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Claire - 18 April 2007
I was asked recently on the Paradevo board why wheelchair use is so fulfilling. I have BIID, a mental illness. To me, using a wheelchair is therapy. In fact, my psychologist has told me to continue doing this (from time to time) because it is, well, therapeutic. So, for me, pretending is actually a therapy prescribed by a mental health professional.
Pretending: therapy prescribed by psychologist continues »
by Sean - 17 April 2007
My partner, as she often does, was reading bits and parts of the news she’s fetching online. I’m not sure why she does it, but she does, despite me having voiced lack of interest in the news. Perhaps she feels it makes us closer in some way, I don’t know. But I digress. Tonight, she was telling me about the shooting at Virginia State. She focused on one particular victim who jumped out of a window, and injured her back sufficiently that she’s unlikely to walk again.
Being told about new paras. continues »
by Sean -
Jim was telling me about the day he spent using his wheelchair last weekend, and how he ended up looking at his reflection in one of the glass windows of a nearby shops.
Reflected self-image continues »
by Sophie - 16 April 2007
The other day my Mum, Aunt and Step-uncle drove me to my old city to talk to the people I bought my car off. They had a rather interesting discussion on the way there. My Aunt works as a care assistant at a high school. She supervises the disabled kids in their lessons. She was complaining about how in a fire evacuation there was no way to get some of the kids down from the second floor room that they spend a lot of their time in.
Ulterior Motives continues »
by Sean - 15 April 2007
I have been approached by a documentary maker who wants to do a show about body integrity identity disorder. She isn’t the first to approach me and is unlikely to be the last. But so far, I like her approach and her ideas, and invite anyone to contact her directly if they might be interested in participating.
Documentary about BIID - Interesting approach continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2008 - All Rights Reserved.