<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>transabled.org</title>
	<atom:link href="http://transabled.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://transabled.org</link>
	<description>Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Is Today The Day?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/is-today-the-day.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/is-today-the-day.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Knife]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Artery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was awoken by the shrill voices of school children on the sidewalk. As I surfaced from sleep, I had visions of using my paring knife to stab myself in the back. As I was almost awake, I asked myself &#34;Is today *the* day?&#34;.

I went through my morning routine, feeding the animals, brushing my teeth, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/is-today-the-day.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>July 4th</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/july-4th.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/july-4th.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I live in the USA and am a citizen thereof; so it&#8217;s no surprise that I celebrate July 4th. But the meanings seem to keep piling on as the years pass, and much of it has to do with BIID.

It started in England when I was five or six years old. I had an American [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/july-4th.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Danger Zone for BIID?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/danger-zone-for-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/danger-zone-for-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a heck of a lot is known about the cause or causes of BIID.  The physiology, common environment factors, trauma, and other contributors may effect the disorder.  It may lay dormant in some people and be expressed to varying degrees in others. It seems that we don&#8217;t have enough information to know [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/danger-zone-for-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What Awaits At The Bottom Of The Slippery Slope?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-awaits-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-awaits-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Drowning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I drowned once, when I was a teenager. It was quite peaceful for me. Obviously, they managed to get me back real quick-like. Now, I am at the top of a rather slippery slope, hanging on as hard as I can, because if I start slipping, I&#8217;ll end up in white water so fierce and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-awaits-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Has Fate Cheated On Me?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/has-fate-cheated-on-me.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/has-fate-cheated-on-me.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, so it&#8217;s not really fate, it was a drunkard, but I wonder if I&#8217;ve been cheated out of the small number of joys that mark the path to transabled tranquility.

It goes without saying  that transabled.org is one of the premier BIID sites on the internet. It rose to this level through the special [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/has-fate-cheated-on-me.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cutting Ties With BIID Community</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/cutting-ties-with-biid-community.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/cutting-ties-with-biid-community.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peer Support]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve come across many people who just up and cut ties with the BIID community, such as it is. They do it for many reasons, but one of the big reasons seems to be to appease the BIID pain. The idea is that if you don&#8217;t involve yourself with other people who [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/cutting-ties-with-biid-community.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How is This Ever Going to Work, At Work?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/how-is-this-ever-going-to-work-at-work.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/how-is-this-ever-going-to-work-at-work.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, a decade ago, I was wheeling at work, but it was under very different circumstances. Unpleasant ones. Everyone knew all about my accident and many of the fine details – they had followed my progress like a soap opera. When I was back at work, I was in pain, highly medicated, could hardly move, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/how-is-this-ever-going-to-work-at-work.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Accessibility Musings</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/accessibility-musings.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/accessibility-musings.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first started using my wheelchair full-time I made a promise to myself for my parents&#8217; sake that I would never use my wheelchair in my home town in public.  It was too much trouble to be worth it.  I&#8217;m not sure if that&#8217;s a step my parents really appreciate, they have [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/accessibility-musings.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Disengage the Cloaking Mechanism</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/disengage-the-cloaking-mechanism.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/disengage-the-cloaking-mechanism.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you didn&#8217;t take the time to get to know Lane, you&#8217;d probably just pass him right by on the street or the road. Almost every thing I own has a neutral tone – I have a gray house, have owned only vehicles with achromatic paint jobs (I have 4 silver ones at the moment). [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/disengage-the-cloaking-mechanism.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>For Tom</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/for-tom.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/for-tom.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cath</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cath's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was holidaying in France recently I met up with Tom, well known on this blog for his poignant and thoughtful accounts of his struggle with BIID. We had emailed and telephoned a few times in advance so it didn&#8217;t feel like a total shot in the dark, nor in the least bit scary. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/for-tom.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Back Pain</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/back-pain.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/back-pain.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vertebra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m worried about my back pain. I&#8217;m worried that it&#8217;s going away.
I managed to keep significant back pain going throughout the ski season by giving my body quite a pounding every week. A few weeks after switching to hiking for the summer, I started to notice a difference. The back pain was gradually diminishing.

At this [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/back-pain.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>That Braced Feeling</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/that-braced-feeling.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/that-braced-feeling.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Milwaukee]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My back has been quite sore for a long time. This is due, as I&#8217;ve mentionned mentionned on the site before, in great part to poor posture. The muscles are sore, but it also feels like the &#34;bones&#34; are sore. I often have to remind myself throughout the day to sit up straight, to realign [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/that-braced-feeling.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Feeling Normal</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/feeling-normal.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/feeling-normal.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bandages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diaper]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Normal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shame]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tears]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a craving to be normal. Yes, I know how ridiculous this sounds. I know all the logical arguments about why there is no such thing as normal. Why would anybody want to be normal in the first place? What&#8217;s the point? Nevertheless&#8230; This craving runs deep.

My partner and I celebrate a string of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/feeling-normal.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Am I Doing It Right?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/am-i-doing-it-right.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/am-i-doing-it-right.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quadriplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I will always remember the first time I met my late wife. We weren&#8217;t married then, of course. She picked me up at the airport, then drove to her place. We stopped at a liquor store on the way. I was so worried about doing my transfer from the car to the chair properly, and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/am-i-doing-it-right.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Brother Can You Spare A Chair?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/brother-can-you-spare-a-chair.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/brother-can-you-spare-a-chair.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[DME]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I reminded myself that this chair was for ME and no one else...I don't ever want to be pushed...I wanted the chair to be an extension of myself.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/brother-can-you-spare-a-chair.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>He&#8217;s Unlikely To Have BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/hes-unlikely-to-have-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/hes-unlikely-to-have-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I noticed a man using a wheelchair on the sidewalk on the way from the grocery store this afternoon. I noticed him because of the state of his wheelchair, and I thought &#34;this guy is not transabled&#34;. How did I know? It&#8217;s not like we have a big sign hanging over our heads, right?

This guy [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/hes-unlikely-to-have-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Private Show</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-private-show.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-private-show.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ramp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It had not occurred to me until today that something I do in connection with BIID could be considered performance art. Maybe I should start selling tickets.

It was one of those days where I had a bunch of little things to do on the way into work, and also on the way home. Consequently I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-private-show.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Falling In Love With A Wheelchair</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/peters-thoughts/falling-in-love-with-a-wheelchair.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/peters-thoughts/falling-in-love-with-a-wheelchair.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peter's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This time I know I&#8217;ve gone clean round the bend. How could I have become so unhinged in such a short space of time? Why the sudden urge to be on wheels? I&#8217;m trying hard to understand what is going on.

It could be my new found anonymity in my newly adopted homeland that has made [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/peters-thoughts/falling-in-love-with-a-wheelchair.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Freezing My Fingers Off</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/freezing-my-fingers-off.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/freezing-my-fingers-off.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s winter in New Zealand, it&#8217;s been raining an awful lot and my bedroom has no heating.  My brain tells me I&#8217;d be warmer in bed trying to go to sleep but I still find myself at my desk, clenching my teeth to the point of pain and trying to type despite frozen [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/freezing-my-fingers-off.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Interrogation</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/interrogation.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/interrogation.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of my partner came to visit us for a couple of hours today (Sunday). Neither my partner nor myself could remember when he last visited, and therefore whether he had or had not seen me in a wheelchair before. It had been quite a while. He lives hundreds of miles away. His first [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/interrogation.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Some Sort of Independence</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/some-sort-of-independence.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/some-sort-of-independence.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Invalid]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I was recently in a position that made me unable to push my own wheelchair. As a result, someone had to push me, and I hated it. I felt&#8230; &#34;stuck&#34;, may be the word, though I&#8217;m not sure there is a right word for it.

Perhaps it is a need for independence. I&#8217;ve said before that [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/some-sort-of-independence.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wheeling Adventure</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/peters-thoughts/wheeling-adventure.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/peters-thoughts/wheeling-adventure.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Peter's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Legbrace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know a lot of you have heard all this stuff before, but it was my first wheeling event on terrain other than a smooth, flat mall floor.

To start with&#8230; What am I doing with a wheelchair? I have never never had the slightest inclination to use one.  To relieve my BIID I pretend [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/peters-thoughts/wheeling-adventure.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Igor</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/igor.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/igor.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I write this I am the subject of a practical joke. The new room numbers  and nameplates are finally going back up after completion of the construction of the new ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) wing, where I work.

A few days ago the psychiatrist who is the director of ECT asked permission to use my [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/igor.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Had Surgery Recently</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/i-had-surgery-recently.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/i-had-surgery-recently.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Indeed, I recently had a relatively minor operation, which involved complete anaesthesia recently. No, it wasn&#8217;t *the* surgery we are all after. But it was interesting on many fronts nonetheless.

It was a first for me. I&#8217;ve delt with many medical professionals as a wheelchair user, but never underwent actual procedures like that as a paraplegic. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/i-had-surgery-recently.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Annoyance But Not Quite Incontinence</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/annoyance-but-not-quite-incontinence.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/annoyance-but-not-quite-incontinence.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Incontinence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last few months, I&#8217;ve been faced with a quite minor incontinence issue. It&#8217;s more of an annoyance than anything else, really. But I was thinking about that, and the need to be paralysed and how it would involved &#34;real&#34; incontinence.

Nothing major, as I said. I am simply unable to clear the last little [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/annoyance-but-not-quite-incontinence.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Last Push for BIID Study!</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/last-push-for-biid-study.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/last-push-for-biid-study.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. First]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Study]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks, Dr. First informs me that we are only 9 participants short of the goal set of 50 participants to his follow-up study on BIID. I know many of you have already participated, and I thank you for that. Those of you who have not yet contacted him to participate really should do so!

This particular [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/last-push-for-biid-study.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How NOT to Inflate Your Tires</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/how-not-to-inflate-your-tires.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/how-not-to-inflate-your-tires.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tires]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheels]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had my Quickie GPV for almost six months now, and I&#8217;d not done anything to make sure my tires were at the correct pressure. They were definitely on the squidgy side. It seemed like taking care of this should be a trivially easy Sunday afternoon task. I was wrong.

I had a list of things [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/how-not-to-inflate-your-tires.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Thousand Posts On Transabled.org Coming Up Soon</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-thousand-posts-on-transabledorg-coming-up-soon.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-thousand-posts-on-transabledorg-coming-up-soon.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems to me that 1,000 posts is a bit of an achievement. And we&#8217;re not far off from having reached that. At the time I write this post, there are 920 published posts on the site. In less than three months, we&#8217;ll have reached a thousand posts. What are we going to do to celebrate [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-thousand-posts-on-transabledorg-coming-up-soon.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Do I Feel the Pain?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/do-i-feel-the-pain.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/do-i-feel-the-pain.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputated]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Knee Splint]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sensory Loss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Phil asked me in regard to my Third Hike &#34;Do you feel the pain at all?&#34; I&#8217;m taking this to refer only to physical pain. It seems like a simple question, and the simple answer is &#34;yes.&#34; However, the more I thought about it the more complicated the answer seemed to be. The question itself [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/do-i-feel-the-pain.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>On My Way From Work The Other Day</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/on-my-way-from-work-the-other-day.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/on-my-way-from-work-the-other-day.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BIID comes and goes. It ebbs and flows and sometimes leaves us relatively intact. At other times BIID batters us like flotsam between the waves and the cliffs. Last week was rough. About as rough as it comes. And it wasn&#8217;t depression, it was purely BIID.

On the Monday, I felt (relatively) ok. On the Tuesday [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/on-my-way-from-work-the-other-day.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wheeling at the Library</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheeling-at-the-library.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheeling-at-the-library.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2503</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once in a while I need to go to the university library as part of my job. There&#8217;s obscure stuff which simply isn&#8217;t accessible on the internet. Since I was going to work in the morning I was wearing a left leg brace. If I&#8217;m going other places in addition to work I also bring [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheeling-at-the-library.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Can</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/the-can.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/the-can.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My mother managed to open that proverbial can of worms tonight and boy did it all come out.  It was the situation that I didn&#8217;t want to happen but it did.  Mum started talking about how she was glad that I wasn&#8217;t using &#8220;that wheelchair&#8221; any more and how friends at a recent [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/the-can.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>More on The Handless Maiden</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/more-on-the-handless-maiden.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/more-on-the-handless-maiden.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tom's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Childhood sexual abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[The Handless Maiden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2505</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had told Chloe about The Handless Maiden by Loranne Brown, and she eventually read it. I had been thinking of writing a post about it for quite a while, but I never managed to get past the first few lines. Then, Chloe published her post, The Handless Maiden. I&#8217;m not going to say much [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/more-on-the-handless-maiden.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Self-Engineering Paralysis Is Not That Easy</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/self-engineering-paralysis-is-not-that-easy.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/self-engineering-paralysis-is-not-that-easy.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Self Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trauma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Lane wondered on Twitter why nobody did anything about becoming a paraplegic. He mused it couldn&#8217;t be that hard. I suggest that it is, actually, not as straightforward as some people might think. The more I ponder the issue, the more complications I see.

Lane said:
I VERY  respectfully wonder WHY none [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/self-engineering-paralysis-is-not-that-easy.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Stomping Ground, New Ways Of Getting About</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/stories/personal-histories/others-stories/new-stomping-ground-new-ways-of-getting-about.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/stories/personal-histories/others-stories/new-stomping-ground-new-ways-of-getting-about.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 12:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other's Stories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peter's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s very hard to describe how I feel in my new country. It&#8217;s exciting and worrying finding and applying for jobs. Half the time it&#8217;s boring in this in-between time. The installation has finished and work hasn&#8217;t yet started so it&#8217;s a bit like being on a long holiday with limited finances. But there is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/stories/personal-histories/others-stories/new-stomping-ground-new-ways-of-getting-about.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Third Hike</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/third-hike.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/third-hike.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 12:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blood]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scars]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;m not going to use the f-word. I&#8217;m also not going to describe much about the hike. You already know what I do: bushwhacking, snowfields, glissading, limping, freezing, cussing at myself, etc. No, this is about psychotherapy; not the formal kind; the kind that happens on this website.

A lot of things suddenly seemed [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/third-hike.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Life, BIID, Surgery, Value, And All That Jazz</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/life-biid-surgery-value-and-all-that-jazz.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/life-biid-surgery-value-and-all-that-jazz.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Transection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Value]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Today finds me empty, deflated. I fail to see what the point of continuing like this is. There are happy moments here and there, but they are far from sustained, and they are overshadowed by a brutish despair.

I have heard there is a new surgeon willing to do amputations. Don&#8217;t ask me for [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/life-biid-surgery-value-and-all-that-jazz.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Waking Up Upside Down (Stormy Night 2)</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/waking-up-upside-down-stormy-night-2.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/waking-up-upside-down-stormy-night-2.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TLSO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you imagine - an L2 burst fracture? If I had just ... I might been one of the only paraplegia BIID success stories. I burned my winning lottery ticket.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/waking-up-upside-down-stormy-night-2.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Diary Of My Wheelchair – Part One</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/kirsties-thoughts/diary-of-my-wheelchair-%e2%80%93-part-one.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/kirsties-thoughts/diary-of-my-wheelchair-%e2%80%93-part-one.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirstie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Kirstie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I ordered a wheelchair today. I don&#8217;t know how it happened. I think I lost control of the part of my brain which normally tells you to behave like an average human being, you know your superego or whatever you want to call it. 

It is a very hard step for me. You must know [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/kirsties-thoughts/diary-of-my-wheelchair-%e2%80%93-part-one.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Handless Maiden</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/the-handless-maiden.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/the-handless-maiden.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputated]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CSA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Scars]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stump]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tear stains are subtle. But if you look carefully you will find them on most of the pages of my copy. Tom recommended &#34;The Handless Maiden&#34; to me. My partner gave me the novel by Loranne Brown for my birthday.

I don&#8217;t feel qualified to review a book. However, I&#8217;m qualified to make the attempt of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/the-handless-maiden.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cornered</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/cornered.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/cornered.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going through a real low spot at the moment.  I can&#8217;t see the light at the end of the tunnel and I hate who I am, I hate that my body isn&#8217;t the way it meant to be.  

I&#8217;m tired of trying to suppress my feelings, tired of trying to appear normal (like I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/cornered.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What Do They Suggest We Do With BIID?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-do-they-suggest-we-do-with-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-do-they-suggest-we-do-with-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People who don&#8217;t have BIID are very good at telling us that we need help. They are very good at telling us that surgery is not an acceptable solution. But have you noticed that nobody has yet come up with an actual solution to help us?

Here I am, after yet another run trying to get [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-do-they-suggest-we-do-with-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>First Hike</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/first-hike.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/first-hike.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 12:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Able Bodied]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputated]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Limp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for the first hike of the year. What will I think? What will I feel? I often have an intense internal dialog when I hike. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m insane. Right? I don&#8217;t say anything out loud. I don&#8217;t have multiple personality disorder. It&#8217;s just me talking to me. Everybody does it. Right? [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/first-hike.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Our BIID vs Our Parents</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/our-biid-vs-our-parents.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/our-biid-vs-our-parents.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Father]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mother]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My father is not an unintelligent man. Yet he seems unable to process information about BIID. From conversations I&#8217;ve had with other transabled folks who have told their parents, this is not unusual. For them to change their take on it, they would need a complete change of paradigm. It is unlikely that will happen. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/our-biid-vs-our-parents.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>KAFO/Wheelchair Combo</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/kafowheelchair-combo.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/kafowheelchair-combo.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In contemplating the switch from crutch to KAFO at work, I had neglected to consider how this would change my life outside of work. Specifically, I didn&#8217;t give thought to how much time I would be spending in the wheelchair while also wearing a KAFO.

I used to come home from work with my crutch, sit [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/kafowheelchair-combo.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Revisiting Old Friends - Posts Worthy Of Another Look</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/revisiting-old-friends-posts-worthy-of-another-look.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/revisiting-old-friends-posts-worthy-of-another-look.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of reading material on transabled.org. Over 900 posts now. I think it would take a while for someone to read the site from one end to the other. But one of the secondary effect of having so many posts is that some good posts just disappear and are rarely read. Which [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/revisiting-old-friends-posts-worthy-of-another-look.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Right This Way Sir, I Can Seat You Right Over Here</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/right-this-way-sir-i-can-seat-you-right-over-here.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/right-this-way-sir-i-can-seat-you-right-over-here.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rx]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seating]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Waiting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She encouraged me to get the lightest, most advanced wheelchair possible.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/right-this-way-sir-i-can-seat-you-right-over-here.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>My Feet And I</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/kirsties-thoughts/my-feet-and-i.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/kirsties-thoughts/my-feet-and-i.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirstie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Kirstie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prosthesis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we got along fine in the beginning, my feet and I. I don&#8217;t know what happened, but after about a decade of living together, certainly too close, our relationship has come to term, we need separation. My name is Kirstie, and I need to be a Double Below Knee (DBK) amputee. 

I have never [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/kirsties-thoughts/my-feet-and-i.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It Was A Dark And Stormy Night</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accident]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ambulance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Injury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“I'll never forget the sound that night..."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Marking Time</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/marking-time.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/marking-time.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bit of poetic prose, or something like that, about marking my time. Your mileage may vary.


I wait.
In the morning, I wait for the end of the work day. At the end of the work day, I wait for the night. 
On the weekend, I wait for the week.
Je cours sur place, expanding much energy.
Getting nowhere, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/marking-time.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Lawn Guilt</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/lawn-guilt.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/lawn-guilt.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Able Bodied]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guilt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My partner was mowing the lawns this morning. I wasn&#8217;t. She didn&#8217;t sign up for this. I always used to mow the lawns. She doesn&#8217;t like mowing lawns. I do. But now I can&#8217;t.

I can&#8217;t be seen as able bodied by the neighbours. They only see me with some combination of wheelchair, leg braces and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/lawn-guilt.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Against All Odds</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/against-all-odds.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/against-all-odds.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 12:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Injury]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2371</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
You have to admire the tenacity of some people. You have to admire the level of denial of these people too. A British soldier with a spinal cord injury recently completed the London Marathon. 13 days after everyone else&#8230; He had something to prove. He is raising money for charity, yeah, but he had something [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/against-all-odds.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Change of Season</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/change-of-season.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/change-of-season.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 12:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Muscle Spasms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Neck Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paresis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prozac]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The long cold snowy Winter ends. The long hot dry Summer begins. I am always atuned to the seasons. The changes are conducive to a little reflection on one&#8217;s own change as Winter launches into Summer.

The most obvious change is that the skiing ends and the hiking begins. Today was my last ski day of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/change-of-season.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rainy Sunday</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/rainy-sunday.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/rainy-sunday.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Presenting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was up early as I am most weekend mornings.  Turns out the only days I *really* want to sleep in are work days.  So it goes&#8230;
It was a rainy Sunday.  There is an historic property about 25 kilometers from my home.  It’s a lovely drive to get there and the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/rainy-sunday.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>My First Time In A Wheelchair</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/anns-thoughts/my-first-time-in-a-wheelchair.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/anns-thoughts/my-first-time-in-a-wheelchair.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justann</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ann's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was in my early teens I went to my school&#8217;s Christian Union. For some reason, in the corner of the room where we met there was an old, falling apart wheelchair.

I&#8217;d never sat in a wheelchair before, and I couldn&#8217;t keep my eyes off it. I longed to have a go at wheeling [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/anns-thoughts/my-first-time-in-a-wheelchair.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wait, Where Am I?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/wait-where-am-i.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/wait-where-am-i.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 12:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Limp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[transition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently moved.  At my last place, I purchased and used my wheelchair.  I didn’t know anyone in my building, nor did I care to.  It was a large complex, with a lot of families.  I didn’t really care what anyone thought about me as nobody knew me. 
But here, at [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/wait-where-am-i.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Four Words</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/anns-thoughts/four-words.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/anns-thoughts/four-words.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 12:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>justann</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ann's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s one of my earliest memories. Perhaps the earliest. 
I think I was about three. Maybe four. Certainly no more than five because of the house we lived in. There was something on the little black and white telly about a man who had been trapped under a car and had to have his leg [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/anns-thoughts/four-words.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why Is It Always Someone Else?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/why-is-it-always-someone-else.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/why-is-it-always-someone-else.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[paralyzed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tragedy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously.   Life isn’t fair!
So there’s a story on the news about someone being paralyzed.  Of course, my first thought is “Damn. Why wasn’t that me?”  Then of course, I think “poor guy.”  NOT poor guy because he now has to live with a disability.  But poor guy rather, paralysis [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/why-is-it-always-someone-else.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tense As A Bowstring</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/tense-as-a-bowstring.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/tense-as-a-bowstring.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Muscle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tension]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning and realised that just about every muscle was tensed up. Tight. I was asleep, supposed to find some relaxation. But no. Come to think of it, my body tends to tense up a whole lot.

As I realised how tense I was, before getting up, I consciously relaxed my muscles: Jaws, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/tense-as-a-bowstring.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Laterality</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/laterality.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/laterality.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 12:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Deaf]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[OCD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My BIID is asymmetric. That seems odd. My self image corresponds to complete paraplegia. Both legs the same. Both sides of my lower torso the same. It seems absurd for there to be laterality. Yet it is so.

I started thinking about this because I am treating my BIID asymmetrically, with a left KAFO at work. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/laterality.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Moving</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/moving.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/moving.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accommodation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I moved.  Not far, just to a new building in my area. I was at my old place for a year, and I knew it was only temporary and this move would be permanent. 
Over the last six months I&#8217;ve been looking at properties with the thought in mind that I&#8217;d be wanting to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/moving.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Plan C</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/plan-c.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/plan-c.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Femoral Nerve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nerve Damage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paresis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PWD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Transection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far, Plan A (&#34;accident&#34;) and Plan B (&#34;deliberate self injury attempt&#34;) have both been rather disappointing. Time to give serious consideration to Plan C (&#34;medical intervention&#34;).

Well, I hear you say, there are many of us who want a spinal transection but it&#8217;s just not a reality at this time. Yes, I know, but I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/plan-c.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In The End, We Are But Alone</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-the-end-we-are-but-alone.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-the-end-we-are-but-alone.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=1947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common reactions to people who have BIID and find this site at first is relief at the realisation that there are other people out there feeling so very similarly to what they feel. Some have pretty much told me &#34;get out of my head&#34;, when they read some of my posts. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-the-end-we-are-but-alone.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Would BIID By Any Other Name Smell As Sweet?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/would-biid-by-any-other-name-smell-as-sweet.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/would-biid-by-any-other-name-smell-as-sweet.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 12:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cath</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cath's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Apotemnophilia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Devotee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wannabe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up in the England of the late seventies I had some experiences which made me become sharply aware of the potency of names. First of all, I was a pupil at a rural school which was totally dominated by white, middle class children and I can remember clearly the single child [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/would-biid-by-any-other-name-smell-as-sweet.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>KAFO to Work</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/kafo-to-work.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/kafo-to-work.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diapers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Neck Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orthotist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wrist Brace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It had been in my mind for quite some time that in due course I would switch from using a crutch at work to wearing a left KAFO. Now that I had good shoes attached to my KAFOs, with an identical unattached pair, everything was ready to go.

Prelude
The purpose of making this switch is to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/kafo-to-work.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Who Has To Pay For Surgery For BIID? (BADD)</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/who-has-to-pay-for-surgery-for-biid-badd.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/who-has-to-pay-for-surgery-for-biid-badd.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BADD - Impairment Specific]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cost]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tax payer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched a recent Australian documentary about BIID. The documentary finished by asking if potential surgeries for BIID and related medical care should be paid for by tax payer money. This is a controversial issue, and one that is brought up on a semi-regular basis. 

I&#8217;ll be upfront: I believe that if we live in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/who-has-to-pay-for-surgery-for-biid-badd.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Small Vessel, Big BIID Storm</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/small-vessel-big-biid-storm.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/small-vessel-big-biid-storm.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I need to write an update for the site. I just posted about the Australian documentary. I have a few drafts lined up, but none of them inspire me. And I&#8217;m not sure what to talk about. The only thing is, as I am considering what I should be talking about, I realised that my [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/small-vessel-big-biid-storm.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Australian Documentary on BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/australian-documentary-on-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/australian-documentary-on-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new documentary on BIID that came out of Australian TV. Despite a couple small ommissions and innacuracies, I thought the documentary to be well balanced. Definitely worth a watch.

The documentary is available (as of end of April 2009) at  
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunday- night/video/-/watch/13173825/. It lasts approximately 13 minutes. 
The documentary is primarily based around [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/australian-documentary-on-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Student Documentary in SF Bay Area</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/documentaries/student-documentary-in-sf-bay-area.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/documentaries/student-documentary-in-sf-bay-area.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Documentaries]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve received a request for people interested in participating in a student documentary about BIID. This mainly for people in the SF Bay area.  I am only passing the request on, not suggesting you should, or shouldn&#8217;t, participate

 My name is Maria Fortiz-Morse, and I&#8217;m a filmmaker in the M.F.A. Documentary Film &#38; Video [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/documentaries/student-documentary-in-sf-bay-area.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Accepting Yourself Helps Others Accepting You</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/accepting-yourself-helps-others-accepting-you.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/accepting-yourself-helps-others-accepting-you.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accept]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[awkward]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a strange dynamic going on sometimes. We need to use a wheelchair to pacify the intensity of the BIID need. Being able to use the chair in front of our friends or loved ones is a big deal to us. But rarely do they accept it. Awkward doesn&#8217;t start to describe it.

When I came [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/accepting-yourself-helps-others-accepting-you.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Shoes</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/new-shoes.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/new-shoes.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 12:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutches]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Devotee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Muscle Spasms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orthopedic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orthotist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paresis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prosthetics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stirrups]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wrist Brace]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was a bit nervous about my first visit to an orthotist; not quite sure what to expect. As soon as I transferred from my car to the wheelchair, the anxiety vanished. Wheelchairs will do that.

First Visit
When I had told my partner that I was going to an appointment with an orthotist, she thought it [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/new-shoes.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BIID, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy, and Medication</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Medication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychiatrist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychologist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a rather long wait for an appointment with a psychiatrist, I finally saw someone last week. There were in fact two someones in the meeting, a psychiatrist and a psychologist. End result: Two suggestions - therapy and medication.

It was interesting that not only a psychiatrist, but also a psychologist attended this meeting. It makes [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-psychiatrists-psychologists-therapy-and-medication.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>My Birthday</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/my-birthday.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/my-birthday.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[OCD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2208</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Birthdays have had a special significance for me ever since I was ten years old. That&#8217;s when OCD kicked in. BIID became linked with my birthday last year. I hadn&#8217;t seen it coming.

I&#8217;ll briefly address the OCD stuff first. At ten I started the system of using my age, and factors thereof, as the source [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/my-birthday.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Watch My Hands</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/watch-my-hands.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/watch-my-hands.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I would have written this last night, but I&#8217;m not sure I was in the right frame of mind to do so.  I was feeling rather happy (as in not depressed, when Mum wasn&#8217;t in the room).  We&#8217;d gone out to KFC for tea.  To be honest as a Coeliac those places [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/watch-my-hands.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Parking Permit</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/parking-permit.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/parking-permit.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Crutch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orthotist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Partner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Permanent]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Permit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Placard]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[PWD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first thing I did when I got my signed Physician Disability Certification form for a parking permit was to oogle it. Then I went to make photocopies. It is always tempting to frame documents of importance. Then I went straight to the DMV.


Day 1
In the DMV parking lot, as I was transferring to my [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/parking-permit.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Do Your Bit For BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/do-your-bit-for-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/do-your-bit-for-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Deaf]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Michael First]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have Body Integrity Identity Disorder? Do you need to be paralysed, blind, or deaf? If you do, please participate in Dr. Michael First&#8217;s follow-up study. You can phone him at 212-543-5524 (USA number) or e-mail him at mbf2@columbia.edu. We need to understand BIID better, and Dr. First is working towards that. Please help [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/do-your-bit-for-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It’s Just A Wheelchair</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/silents-thoughts/its-just-a-wheelchair.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/silents-thoughts/its-just-a-wheelchair.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silent</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Silent's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am sitting in my chair now. I got back from my trip, after hours upon hours of travel. Luckily my boyfriend was at work. The box was in the apartment. I had a moment of panic. &#34;God, what have I done&#34;. My first thought was that he would be back in a few hours, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/silents-thoughts/its-just-a-wheelchair.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>GP Visit Number Five</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/gp-visit-number-five.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/gp-visit-number-five.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clonazepam]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Incontinence Pads]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Muscle Spasms]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Orthotist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parking Permit]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Prozac]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sensory Loss]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2176</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GP visits in a wheelchair have turned out to be very pleasant experiences. Today was no exception.

This was a general check up and physical exam, so she asked all sorts of questions. It is nice being able to be completely honest with her, without hesitation.
Firstly, there&#8217;s how I&#8217;m doing on the crazy pills. I told [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/gp-visit-number-five.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>My First Experiment With&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/my-first-experiment-with.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/my-first-experiment-with.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[casting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I did something crazy.  Or I should say, I did something ELSE crazy :)
I told my therapist about it last night.  I didn&#8217;t think I was going to tell him, as we&#8217;ve been working on other issues.  But I just blurted it out with confidence.   And neither of us burst [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/my-first-experiment-with.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BIID/Intersex Analogies</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/stories/personal-histories/others-stories/biid-intersex-analogies.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/stories/personal-histories/others-stories/biid-intersex-analogies.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Other's Stories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Able Bodied]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Androgynous]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hermaphrodite]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intersex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transsexuals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People with BIID inhabit a netherworld of being neither able bodied nor disabled. Hermaphrodites inhabit a netherworld of being neither male nor female.

Or is it that people with BIID are both able bodied and disabled at the same time? And are hermaphrodites both male and female at the same time?
I&#8217;m making some oversimplifications here. Many [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/stories/personal-histories/others-stories/biid-intersex-analogies.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BIID Day In, Day Out</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/biid-day-in-day-out.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/biid-day-in-day-out.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Tom's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Day in]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dayout]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are days in and days out. Days in when I jump head on into
being one handed, feeling very happy about it. And days out, when I
look back in horror and think to myself how could I do that?!? And
there are days not in, not out, normal days when the thought of it
doesn&#8217;t even cross [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/biid-day-in-day-out.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mea Culpa</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/mea-culpa.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/mea-culpa.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2010</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. It is my fault, my great fault that I have encouraged many of you to get a wheelchair, and use it more and more. And a part of me isn&#8217;t sure it was the right advice.

I was communicating with someone recently, who was in the throws of doubt, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/mea-culpa.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Right To Die, Right To Maim</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/right-to-die-right-to-maim.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/right-to-die-right-to-maim.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[depressed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[maim]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, someone shared their thoughts about euthanasia.  I can describe this person as compassionate to the plight of persons with BIID, and yet their thoughts about euthanasia surprised me.
 I got to thinking&#8230; the right to die isn’t that far off from the right to &#34;maim&#34; our bodies to resolve our BIID.  
We [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/right-to-die-right-to-maim.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Choice and BIID - Varying Opinions</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/choice-and-biid-varying-opinions.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/choice-and-biid-varying-opinions.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Collective</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cath's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following post is a collection of entries on the topic of &#8220;BIID and Choice&#8221; from different people.  Everyone was asked to write about that topic, but were not given more direction than that. I chose to leave it up to people to go in the direction they thought best fitted the topic. I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/choice-and-biid-varying-opinions.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Yeah, I’m Crazy</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/yeah-im-crazy.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/yeah-im-crazy.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Clonazepam]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychiatrist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Transection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I knew I needed help, but it turns out that good help is hard to find. I&#8217;ve now talked to about a dozen mental health professionals and I trust only the two that I&#8217;m working with now. Basic statistics would suggest that the average tdoc/pdoc (therapist/psychiatrist) sees average people. Most of their interactions, depression [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/yeah-im-crazy.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BIID, Guilt, Shame, And The Whole Damn Lot</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-guilt-shame-and-the-whole-damn-lot.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-guilt-shame-and-the-whole-damn-lot.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guilt]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Honesty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Neuropsychological]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychological]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shame]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spinal Cord Transection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My name is Sean, and I have Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). It&#8217;s a shite of a thing. There are many negative emotions related to having BIID. Most people who have BIID have, at one point or another, felt guilt and shame. Many have ongoing shame and guilty feelings. And these negative emotions are a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-guilt-shame-and-the-whole-damn-lot.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Must Be Crazy</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/i-must-be-crazy.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/i-must-be-crazy.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lane</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lane's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disabilities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Injury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mental Illness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychological]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Really, I&#8217;m not, but I love that small aspect of having a formally diagnosed mental illness. Being in the &#34;in&#34; crowd allows me to throw the word around without so much as a hint of guilt.

I wondered if this first post should be a brief biography, but that seems totally unnecessary. All of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/lanes-thoughts/i-must-be-crazy.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Physician Assisted Suicide And BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/physician-assisted-suicide-and-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/physician-assisted-suicide-and-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Impairment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Physician Assisted Suicide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychiatrist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgeon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s topic is one that can be quite controversial. Legalised Physician Assisted Suicide, or Legal Euthanasia, and how BIID relates to that. It is interesting that between the time I conceived of this post and now, I&#8217;ve had two other people write about that theme (upcoming posts). The basic idea here is to contrast the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/physician-assisted-suicide-and-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Serendipity</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/serendipity.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/serendipity.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cath</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Cath's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nerve]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Proprioception]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up this morning to total lack of feeling in all the fingers of  my left hand! It was extraordinary. My fingers were curled  and overlapping. When I touched them with my other hand there was  nothing and although I could move them I had no proprioception.  

Sadly of course they returned to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/caths-thoughts/serendipity.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Paradoxes</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/paradoxes.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/paradoxes.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Claire's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2087</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[



&#160; 
&#160; 
Paradoxes
Wheels spinning
  Friction burning
  In my hands
  In my head
  Don&#8217;t stop
  Stop!
The corner of my eye
  Rolling movement
  Hoping, dreading
  I have to look
  It&#8217;s nothing
  It&#8217;s him
Tear my eyes away
  Don&#8217;t let him see
  I&#8217;m watching
  I&#8217;m wanting
 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/paradoxes.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In Response To An Email Calling Me Sick</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-response-to-an-email-calling-me-sick.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-response-to-an-email-calling-me-sick.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Help]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacotherapy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychiatrist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve been told I by various people that I was sick and needed help . Generally not in a very friendly tone. I always find it frustrating because there really isn&#8217;t any help available. Last week, I received another such note sent through my contact form.

The message said:
You psycho! You need help. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-response-to-an-email-calling-me-sick.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nobody Would Miss Me, And I&#8217;ve Got No One To Miss</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/gordos-thoughts/nobody-would-miss-me-and-ive-got-no-one-to-miss.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/gordos-thoughts/nobody-would-miss-me-and-ive-got-no-one-to-miss.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordo</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gordo's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[experiences abroad]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[loneliness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who have read my previous posts, you'll remember that this was my first-ever school year as a "disabled" student. In so many ways, it has been a very liberating experience. But after everything, I will end up with nothing.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/gordos-thoughts/nobody-would-miss-me-and-ive-got-no-one-to-miss.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Today Was A Good Day</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/today-was-a-good-day.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/today-was-a-good-day.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Psychiatrist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transabled]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was woken up this morning at around 9:15 am to my mother standing in my doorway with the phone and the instructions &#34;sound awake and chirpy, it&#8217;s a lady on the phone!&#34;  Turned out it was my new psychiatrist and I&#8217;d forgotten about my appointment today.  My excuse (and I think a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/today-was-a-good-day.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Party Time</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/party-time.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/party-time.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Able Bodied]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paralysed]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TBI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transfer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelie]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2044</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine was having a housewarming party. I had not seen her since I stopped presenting as able bodied at social events. She knew nothing of my wheelchair or BIID. There would also be other friends there, as well as acquaintances, and people I&#8217;ve never met before. With just one exception, none of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/party-time.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wheelchair In The Closet</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/wheelchair-in-the-closet.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/wheelchair-in-the-closet.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Closet]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=1928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Talking to someone who was looking at buying a wheelchair. They were planning to hide the chair in a closet, hiding it from their spouse. It made me think about how we keep secrets, how we remain hidden, that even when we&#8217;ve come out of the proverbial closet about having BIID, we still have to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/wheelchair-in-the-closet.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Being Mugged</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/being-mugged.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/being-mugged.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[victim]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheeling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ A person with a disability once told me about being mugged on the street.   It wasn’t a violent mugging, no gun or knife drawn, but still they were removed of their valuables.  They were likely mugged because a person in a wheelchair may seem an easy target.  The victim, felt [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/being-mugged.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BIID Anniversary</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/biid-anniversary.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/biid-anniversary.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Accident]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Brace]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bandages]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[KAFOs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=1973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading the posts on transabled.org from a year ago. I read through last year&#8217;s posts until the end of March 2008 and found that they were unfamiliar. That means I had yet to discover transabled.org by the end of March last year. It occurred to me to look at last year&#8217;s diary to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/biid-anniversary.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hollow In My Calves</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/hollow-in-my-calves.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/hollow-in-my-calves.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have an indent on the side of my calves. It&#8217;s a bit of a hollow, in the muscle itself. Whether I&#8217;m at rest or not, it&#8217;s there. It&#8217;s a bit like the hollow you get when you wear a ring on a finger for a long time.

Only these indents are caused by my wheelchair. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/hollow-in-my-calves.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Lengths We Go To</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-lengths-we-go-to.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-lengths-we-go-to.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Despair]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EMLA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=1954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always been intrigued and fascinated and saddened by the lengths we go to in order to appease the pain and cravings caused by BIID. I&#8217;ve done some weird things in my life, and I know I&#8217;m not the only one. Recently, someone was telling me of one of their experience and it just brought [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-lengths-we-go-to.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pushed to the Brink</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/pushed-to-the-brink.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/pushed-to-the-brink.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My mother is pushing me to insanity, I swear it!  She decided to come into my room again tonight and nag.

Why are you always on your computer?  Don&#8217;t you ever do anything else?  You should go volunteer at some place for little kids tomorrow!  I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s healthy for you [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/pushed-to-the-brink.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>It Was Not For Them To Tell</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/it-was-not-for-them-to-tell.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/it-was-not-for-them-to-tell.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Panic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Telling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Trust]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=1998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of us keep BIID a secret from most of their family and friends and acquaintances. We sometimes tell people, for a variety of reasons. In general, I think we pick people we consider trustworthy. Sometimes, that trust is ill-founded.

I told a friend about BIID a couple days ago. I hadn&#8217;t spoken to this person [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/it-was-not-for-them-to-tell.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What Are Your Views On &#8220;Choice And BIID&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-are-your-views-on-choice-and-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-are-your-views-on-choice-and-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post isn&#8217;t discussing a topic, but rather calling for people to discuss and write about a specific topic. This is an idea I had recently and I think it would be awesome to be able to run a series of entries where different people talk about the chosen topic. So we can get the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-are-your-views-on-choice-and-biid.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Plan B</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/plan-b.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/plan-b.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Amputee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Back Pain]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cliff]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Spine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I crossed a line (again) today. I had a sneaky suspicion this might happen (again) towards the end of the ski season. No longer Plan A. No longer the grey area. Plan B is the realm of the deliberate attempt.

I warmed up with a 7.25; then an 8.0; then a 9.5; then a 9.9. Yes, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/plan-b.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dinner With A Girl Friend</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/dinner-with-a-girl-friend.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/dinner-with-a-girl-friend.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ada</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ada's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[QPQ]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Quid Pro Quo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wannabe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=2001</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve told four people about my BIID.  My therapist.   My sister.  My best friend.   And one girl friend.  
My one girl friend has known for some time that I&#8217;ve been blogging (she didn&#8217;t know about what).  She has known for a while I have and use a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/adas-thoughts/dinner-with-a-girl-friend.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wishful Thinking</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/wishful-thinking.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/wishful-thinking.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Sophie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Body Integrity Identity Disorder]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dream]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dreams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[German Shepherd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegic]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SCI]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Stories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[story]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[wishes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=1993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been datacapped the last two days and I have another five days to go before I get normal speed back.  &#34;Dial up&#34; speed on broadband is the pits.  I&#8217;ve had a lot of time on my hands now that I haven&#8217;t had my number one distraction ( World of Warcraft) and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sophie-thoughts/wishful-thinking.htm/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
