Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Sean - 23 May 1997
It was never actually broken to me by the Doctors, by the time a physiotherapist told me, I knew myself. In fact, I knew, or at least suspected that I had a SCI whilst lying on the ground waiting for the ParaMedics.
by Sean -
I fell about 30 feet at my workplace and sustained a burst fracture of L1 and 4. This kind of injury doesn’t always result in SCI but I unknowingly was born with a narrower than usual spinal canal and the resultant swelling of the cord caused the paraplegia. L1 (Incomplete) Roughly speaking that is just below the navel at the front rising a bit higher at the back.
by Sean -
Quite soon really, at least on a conscious level. All along I have found the physical side easier to deal with than the way others have treated me. You can learn to cope with all of the physical limitations its the discrimination and stereotyping that you never quite expect.
by Sean -
Don’t make assumptions about me just because I use a chair to get around.
by Sean -
I met my first Para in the Spinal Unit !
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