Comments on: Mary’s early memories http://transabled.org/early-memories/marys-early-memories.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Tue, 22 May 2012 17:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chloe http://transabled.org/early-memories/marys-early-memories.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14918 Chloe Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:27:06 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=774#comment-14918 My favorite story in the girls' periodical I read when I was a kid was called "Blind Belinda". I imagined being her of course. Many years later I had a chemical injury to an eye, which necessitated both eyes being bandaged for about ten days. So I experienced being blind for a little while and was reminded of the stories I had read as a kid. I absolutely loved the experience, despite the intense pain from the injury and the fact that I don't actually wish to be blind. Thank you Mary; it is quite startling how much all of our histories resonate with one another. My favorite story in the girls’ periodical I read when I was a kid was called “Blind Belinda”. I imagined being her of course. Many years later I had a chemical injury to an eye, which necessitated both eyes being bandaged for about ten days. So I experienced being blind for a little while and was reminded of the stories I had read as a kid. I absolutely loved the experience, despite the intense pain from the injury and the fact that I don’t actually wish to be blind.

Thank you Mary; it is quite startling how much all of our histories resonate with one another.

]]> By: Sophie http://transabled.org/early-memories/marys-early-memories.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14888 Sophie Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:14:09 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=774#comment-14888 I think the most profound story I read as a kid was "What Katy Did" by Susan Coolidge. A friend's mother started reading it to me when I was at her house and she lent me the book. I read it over and over and over, Mum eventually made me return the book and bought a replacement (which was hard because it's an old story, it's no longer published). When the friend's mother first started reading it to me I got bored in the first page or so and then I read in the description that Katy got paralyzed by falling off a swing. Even today I'll go back and read that story again, there's just so many unexplainable memories with books. I think the most profound story I read as a kid was “What Katy Did” by Susan Coolidge. A friend’s mother started reading it to me when I was at her house and she lent me the book. I read it over and over and over, Mum eventually made me return the book and bought a replacement (which was hard because it’s an old story, it’s no longer published). When the friend’s mother first started reading it to me I got bored in the first page or so and then I read in the description that Katy got paralyzed by falling off a swing. Even today I’ll go back and read that story again, there’s just so many unexplainable memories with books.

]]> By: Claire http://transabled.org/early-memories/marys-early-memories.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14877 Claire Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:57:35 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=774#comment-14877 Mary that sounds soooooooooooooo familiar. It's eerie. Mary that sounds soooooooooooooo familiar. It’s eerie.

]]> By: Ronald http://transabled.org/early-memories/marys-early-memories.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14876 Ronald Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:53:32 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=774#comment-14876 Welcome to the club! It sounds like you grew up in a time when attitudes towards the disabled had at least started to change. Sounds like it was somewhat easier for you. Welcome to the club! It sounds like you grew up in a time when attitudes towards the disabled had at least started to change. Sounds like it was somewhat easier for you.

]]> By: Sean http://transabled.org/early-memories/marys-early-memories.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14873 Sean Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:25:16 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=774#comment-14873 What strikes me with this is that in so many ways, your story echoes vividly with my childhood experiences. Although I can't say I had the same experiences, it resonates with me. What strikes me with this is that in so many ways, your story echoes vividly with my childhood experiences. Although I can’t say I had the same experiences, it resonates with me.

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