Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Sophie - 13 August 2009
I didn’t sleep very well last night…the mere fact that I stayed in bed til 11 am highlighted that. I had an appointment today with my psychologist and my parents were coming with me. Yay. My parents basically wanted to hear from a professional everything I’d told them and thankfuly he was honest with them.
A Recap Of Today continues »
by Peter - 1 June 2009
It’s very hard to describe how I feel in my new country. It’s exciting and worrying finding and applying for jobs. Half the time it’s boring in this in-between time. The installation has finished and work hasn’t yet started so it’s a bit like being on a long holiday with limited finances. But there is plenty of time for thinking about the future and, of course, BIID raises its ugly head on many occasions – like every five minutes at the moment.
New Stomping Ground, New Ways Of Getting About continues »
by Chloe - 17 April 2009
People with BIID inhabit a netherworld of being neither able bodied nor disabled. Hermaphrodites inhabit a netherworld of being neither male nor female.
BIID/Intersex Analogies continues »
by Peter - 17 September 2008
My name is Peter, I’m gay, I’m now in my 50s and this is my view on BIID and how it affects me, and others that I know.
Peter’s Evolution continues »
by Marisa - 29 July 2007
Thirty one years into my well-rounded life I look back at some of my first memories and recall the need to be disabled. I remember grabbing my father’s “gout” crutches and resting my armpits where a grown-up’s hands would normally be. I used to sneak sessions consisting of seconds to minutes as a child who needed crutches. I had true guilt over what I was doing, yet I couldn’t seem to pull my eyes away from the crutches whenever they were in sight.
The Wee Years continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.