Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sean - 7 November 2008
As you know, I need to be paralysed. My need is to be an L1-L2 paraplegic. I was asked "what if you became an amputee, would that help your BIID?". My knee-jerk reaction (pun intended), is that I’d still need to be paralysed. But what if I was to acquire a bilateral hip-dislocation amputation?
Hip Disarticulation? continues »
by Sean - 3 November 2008
Over the years, I’ve said "I don’t want to die, but I cannot continue living like this". Usualy it has been when I have been in a dark place in depression. People tell me that it’s just depression talking, that once I feel better, I won’t think that. Yet, when I do feel better, I continue to feel that way.
Depression talking, or was it? continues »
by Sean - 31 October 2008
I remember, many years ago, I heard a friend of my mother’s say that she wasn’t interested in a man they were discussing because he had "baggage". Well, my friends, I have baggage. I’ve had it told that I’m "fucked in the head". I have emotional baggage, not least my need to use a wheelchair. But, ironically, my chair also sometimes becomes real baggage.
My wheelchair, my baggage continues »
by Sean - 26 October 2008
I have changed more tyres on bicycles and wheelchairs than I care to (or can) remember over the last three decades. It certainly is not a complicated process. But one can run into problems when doing even the simplest task that has been done many a time before. This post discusses some of the issues I bumped into when I attempted to change my tyres.
BIID, arthritis, wheels and tyres continues »
by Sean - 22 October 2008
On and off I’m asked if using a wheelchair makes me happy. It’s a difficult question to answer. Using a wheelchair allows me to not be so UNhappy. But it’s a bit of a curse too. And it seems I’m not the only one to feel this way amongst those I have been corresponding with.
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