Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 6 April 2012
I have already explained the paradox of how skiing and hiking help treat my BIID, so I’ll try not to belabor the issues. A variant of this came up very recently. I skied hard, including many double blacks, for three days in a row.
Cumulative Paresis continues »
by Chloe - 28 March 2012
The comments on the Anderson website in the wake of my television appearance appear finally to have fizzled out. They have left me with a puzzle. Several times on the website I asked people with disabilities, or their caregivers, why they find BIID to be offensive, insulting, upsetting, etc. Not a single person gave an answer. There are actually two puzzles here. Firstly, why do some people with disabilities, or others, feel this way? Secondly, why are they so reticent to say why?
Why is BIID Offensive? continues »
by Chloe - 5 March 2012
Firstly, I want to say that I did not do this deliberately. I have not made a deliberate self injury attempt from skiing since 2009. I haven’t even done any extreme skiing this season. What happened yesterday was on a double black (expert) run, and entirely unintentional.
A Little Skiing Accident continues »
by Chloe - 24 February 2012
This is the story of my latest big adventure, writing in real time as I wait for boarding at Salt Lake City airport. I am nervous, confident and excited all at the same time. Okay, I have to admit that my hand is shaking as I write this with pencil on paper. Why do I have this compulsion to do the most scary things that come my way? Well, ultimately facing one’s dragons is a beautiful vehicle for personal growth.
The Anderson Talk Show continues »
by Chloe - 11 February 2012
I have been seeing the same general practitioner (GP) for the last decade, and consider her to be the best physician I have ever come across. She has been completely supportive about BIID, including willingness to write a letter of recommendation for ability reassignment surgery. She recently changed to a wellness practice, which is all well and good but ten times as expensive as I am accustomed to paying, and out of my financial reach. A new physician was hired there to continue traditional practice, and my medical records were transferred to her.
My New GP continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.