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		<title>Latent Rage and Self-Sabotage</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/latent-rage-and-self-sabotage.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/latent-rage-and-self-sabotage.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m depressed. Doh. I&#8217;m not sleeping enough and that&#8217;s really not helping. I&#8217;m experiencing a lot of stress in my life, and that&#8217;s not helping either. I have latent rage, which I direct at myself rather than outward, and that&#8217;s likely not helping. When you read about self-sabotage, it seems like most people are talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Geographic Feedback</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/national-geographic-feedback.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/national-geographic-feedback.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taboo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sean&#8217;s recent post about the possibility of getting more public exposure for BIID reminded me that I&#8217;d like to get some serious feedback about my appearance on the National Geographic channel before I commit to any future ventures along these lines. However, I&#8217;ll start by offering a little of my own commentary. I enjoyed the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>UK&#8217;s Raw TV Thinking About A Documentary on BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/documentaries/uks-raw-tv-thinking-about-a-documentary-on-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/documentaries/uks-raw-tv-thinking-about-a-documentary-on-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentaries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had another request from a television production company who is investigating the possibility of doing a segment on BIID. As regular readers will know, I&#8217;m quite cautious about interactions with the press. This looks genuine enough. I think it&#8217;s good to get more exposure in public, and as such, shows like these are likely [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Assumptions</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/assumptions.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/assumptions.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a wheelchair user has provided many advantages that I did not foresee ahead of time. One of these is that it is a conversation starter. Since I enjoy talking with strangers this is a good thing. However, on occasion the nature of the conversation in relation to the wheelchair strikes me as a little [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another Post About BIID and Depression</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/another-post-about-biid-and-depression.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/another-post-about-biid-and-depression.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a variety of reasons, I&#8217;ve been walking and standing a lot over the last several weeks. I won&#8217;t discuss those reasons here, but rather mention the impact that it is having on me. In short &#8211; it is exacerbating depression. I was getting into an acute depressive state before I started walking and standing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Using BIID to Treat Depression</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/using-biid-to-treat-depression.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/using-biid-to-treat-depression.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dysthymia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowerpot Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I entered a major depressive episode on December 3rd 2011. I woke up in the morning and knew it immediately; the feelings are all too familiar. It was clear that I needed to go back on prozac at 60 mg per day without delay. What was not clear was that this had anything at all [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Transsexual Mentions BIID on Her Blog</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-transsexual-mentions-biid-on-her-blog.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-transsexual-mentions-biid-on-her-blog.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Came across an interesting blog post by Clare Flourish. She discusses her transition and her perception of having her &#8220;gonads&#8221; removed. She mentions BIID. I won&#8217;t go in at length about her post. I think it&#8217;s a good read and I&#8217;ll let you read it and make your own decision about it. There is, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>I am a Sith Lord</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/i-am-a-sith-lord.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/i-am-a-sith-lord.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Entire generations of people will suffer because of my presence on this planet. They will all voluntarily (or not) sacrifice their limbs to worship my altar. My lord, Darth BIID has commanded me to make it so. Darth Vader cut off the arm of his only son and my master will not be outdone. I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>I Got Help</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/i-got-help.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/i-got-help.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately we&#8217;ve heard a lot of it from comments: &#34;Get help&#34;. No concrete suggestions that are proven to work, just the old blah-shrink, blah-medication lines. People have no idea. People say: &#34;Do something to manage it.&#34; Exactly what is that something? How we would love to know. It&#8217;s been two years since I started coming [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
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		<title>No Patience For Disaproving And Unhelpful Comments</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/no-patience-for-disaproving-and-unhelpful-comments.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/no-patience-for-disaproving-and-unhelpful-comments.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been an increase in traffic, a flurry of activity in the last week or so. More people are coming to the site, and commenting. This is likely a direct result of National Geographic&#8217;s Taboo show that Chloe participated in. It&#8217;s good to see more activity on the site. But I&#8217;m also running short [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>In Response To Bethany Stevens</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-response-to-bethany-stevens.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/in-response-to-bethany-stevens.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bethany Stevens recently published Interrogating Transability: A Catalyst to View Disability as Body Art, a rather interesting piece discussing transability. This is another one of the papers that have come out at the end of 2011 talking about BIID. First, I want to thank Bethany for taking the time to talk to me, to read [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Removing Posts</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/removing-posts.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/removing-posts.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the space of a week, I&#8217;ve been asked by 2 people to completely remove their posts and comments. They are afraid of having given too much information that can lead to their identification. Valid concerns. But I really *hate* removing content from the site. A large part of what makes this site works is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Funeral and Life</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/funeral-and-life.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/funeral-and-life.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6516</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently went to a funeral. The deceased had commited suicide. I was rather depressed before I heard of the suicide to begin with &#8211; going there was a rather interesting experience. Some of the people were saying &#34;what an incredibly selfish thing to do, especially at this time of year&#34;. Well, yeah, suicide is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Choose Life</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/choose-life.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/choose-life.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6450</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the holiday season and most of us are busy with friends, family and office parties. It&#8217;s a stressful time of year that can make having BIID that much more stressful. But it&#8217;s also a time of year to reconnect with those you care about. Most of us know what it&#8217;s like to be surrounded [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ability Variant</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/ability-variant.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/ability-variant.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ability Variant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abnormal Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Variant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semantic Arguments]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6441</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I felt I needed a fresh approach for my annual intersex talk to undergraduates, in the department of psychology, in order to keep things interesting both for myself and for the audience. The time had come for me to focus on inclusivity, since being intersexual is an incomplete descriptor. I am trying to use the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Guy Chops Arm Off With Homemade Guillotine &#8211; Is It BIID?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/guy-chops-arm-off-with-homemade-guillotine-is-it-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/guy-chops-arm-off-with-homemade-guillotine-is-it-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some guy in Seattle chopped his arm off with a homemade guillotine. He refuses to have it reattached. There&#8217;s a blurb in the papers about it from AP. A journalist has contacted me wanting to do a phone interview. I don&#8217;t do phone interviews, so won&#8217;t speak with him. I pointed out to the journalist [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>BIID: The Persistent Desire to Acquire a Physical Disability</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-the-persistent-desire-to-acquire-a-physical-disability.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-the-persistent-desire-to-acquire-a-physical-disability.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academic Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on a roll talking about recent academic papers discussing BIID. Today I&#8217;d like to discuss the best article in an academic journal I&#8217;ve seen in a very long time: Body Integrity Identity Disorder: The Persistent Desire to Acquire a Physical Disability, by Michael First and Carl Fisher. Including Non-Amputee Impairments in BIID Michael First [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Xenomelia: a new right parietal lobe syndrome</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/xenomelia-a-new-right-parietal-lobe-syndrome.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/xenomelia-a-new-right-parietal-lobe-syndrome.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academic Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a whole bunch of new journal articles that have come out in recent weeks about Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). The second paper I wanted to discuss briefly is Xenomelia: A new parietal lobe syndrome by Paul McGeoch, David Brang, Tao Song, Roland Lee, Mingxiong Huang, and VS Ramachandran. McGeoch has worked with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Site May Be Up And Down</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/administrativia/site-may-be-up-and-down.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/administrativia/site-may-be-up-and-down.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Administrativia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m dealing with some technical issues at the moment. Access to the site may be up and down for the next couple days. Please bear with me. [UPDATE]: It appears this issue is resolved for now.Copyright &#169; 2012 transabled.org. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why No Anguish?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/why-no-anguish.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/why-no-anguish.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shadow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xavier]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently stated on The Wheelchair Zone that I do not desire to be rid of my BIID, nor do I see it as a disorder. Elisabeth commented in the same thread, implying that I am in the minority with this viewpoint. This gave me much food for thought in terms of figuring out why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demographics, Learning and Imitation, and Body Schema in BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/demographics-learning-and-imitation-and-body-schema-in-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/demographics-learning-and-imitation-and-body-schema-in-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Study]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been several new academic papers coming out about BIID recently. I will talk about them in the next few weeks. The first paper I would like to mention is Demographics, Learning and Imitation, and Body Schema in Body Integrity Identity Disorder by Alicia Johnson, Sook-Lei Liew, and Lisa Aziz-Zadeh. There are two main [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beyond the Binary</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/beyond-the-binary.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/beyond-the-binary.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intersex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Utah Pride Center recently sponsored a gender conference at a local college entitled &#34;Beyond the Binary&#34;. I couldn&#8217;t resist. Besides inherent interest in the subject matter per se, I knew I would find BIID analogies sprinkling down from the ceilings wherever I went. Session One The program was extremely full, with a choice of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>72</slash:comments>
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		<title>What It Felt Like</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/dans-thoughts/what-it-felt-like.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/dans-thoughts/what-it-felt-like.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dan's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you can&#8217;t understand something until you can see it from another perspective. For most of my life, I only knew what it was like to wish to be an amputee. I could not see it as someone without BIID might see it, or as an amputee might see it. My life with two legs [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Masochism</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/masochism.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/masochism.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buttock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genitalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawn Mower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mangled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masochism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spanking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shadow recently introduced the subject of masochism. Sometimes the idea comes up that people with BIID want to harm their bodies because they are masochists. Since I am in fact a masochist, it is not possible for me simply to dismiss such a postulate out of hand without giving it due consideration. Three years ago [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is BIID an Essential Part of Us?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/is-biid-an-essential-part-of-us.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/is-biid-an-essential-part-of-us.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I would be willing to try almost anything to get rid of BIID,&#8221; many of us have said, &#8220;the pain is just too much!&#8221; But when we say this, do we really mean it? If, after experiencing BIID for years, we could get &#8220;free out of jail&#8221; card, would we take it? We know Chloe [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Would Being Stupid Minimise BIID Pain?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/would-being-stupid-minimise-biid-pain.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/would-being-stupid-minimise-biid-pain.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was thinking the other day (yeah, it happens!). Thinking that perhaps if I weren&#8217;t so intelligent BIID wouldn&#8217;t hurt so much. Idle, pointless thoughts, really. And not the first time I have had thoughts like that. But recent comments by other folks on the site triggered that thinking. When I was in high school, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Connections</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/connections.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/connections.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genitalia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Salt Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Western Trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snowbasin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spasms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three years ago my psychotherapist told me that in psychology EVERYTHING is connected. BIID can not be considered in isolation. It affects and is affected by everything else. There is no running away from it (ha ha!). It is present not just in the mind but also in events and places. The metaphorical hikes ended [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is Wrong with Me?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/what-is-wrong-with-me.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/what-is-wrong-with-me.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutjob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A while ago Sean made some modifications to this site, one of which included an automatic post counter. According to that this is my 200th post! Yikes! What the heck is wrong with me? It is making me feel insecure to have written so much. When Sean asked me to be an author here, I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trading Places</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/trading-places.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/trading-places.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking with my GP a few months ago. He asked me how I was handling things with BIID. He then said something about Conversion Disorder and how it was too bad we couldn&#8217;t switch places. For those who don&#8217;t know what conversion disorders are, in a nutshell, it is when someone becomes blind [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Body Awareness</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/body-awareness.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/body-awareness.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Not long ago, I was writing about how my back was painful. Things are changing. And as they are changing, I become more aware of my body. I&#8217;m pretty sure my back pain stems primarily from bad posture. That and pushing a wheelchair as main mode of locomotion for well over 15 years. Using a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Tail End</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-tail-end.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-tail-end.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So this brings us to the end of my tale. Or is it the beginning of my tail? Monday brought my visit with Ramachandran at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). I got up around nine, already sore from the day before, put my swimming trunks on, jumped in the chair and headed down [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>57</slash:comments>
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		<title>The BIID Debate &#8211; Emotions vs Logic</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-biid-debate-emotions-vs-logic.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-biid-debate-emotions-vs-logic.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 2 years ago, someone wrote a post on FAB Matters, a feminist website. I wrote a response on this site. The post and comments have a distinctive anti-BIID flavour. In fact, many of the comments are angry, if not vitriolic. Chloe and I have made attempts at addressing some of the issues the posters [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Good Piece Of Journalism About BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-good-piece-of-journalism-about-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/a-good-piece-of-journalism-about-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read one of the best, most balanced article about BIID / transability yesterday. Today, it&#8217;s making the rounds on twitter. I meant to write some thoughts about the article in a few days, but seeing there is current interest, I figured I might as well do it now. Lara Irvine wrote Translating Transableism: when [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Visit to the Orthotist</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-visit-to-the-orthotist.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-visit-to-the-orthotist.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthotist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite being in a wheelchair most of the time, my leg braces get quite a bit of use. Things wear out; especially when you boulder hop up mountains and such. It was time to take my KAFOs in for a tune up. The only other person in the waiting room was a guy my age. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>I Am Strong</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/i-am-strong.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/i-am-strong.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post kind of wrote itself. I had not thought about it. I had not considered the topic. Suddenly, I just needed to write it. And it came out &#8220;all in one chunk&#8221;. I wasn&#8217;t going to post it, it was only an email originally, but&#8230; Here it is. I am 6 years old. I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Tail Continues</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-tail-continues.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-tail-continues.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I&#8217;m fully aware the title is misspelled. We&#8217;re getting there, this is part two and the anti-climactic buildup to my tale. Feel free to grab a carton of milk, roll out your sleeping mats and take a nap&#8230;. With the end of summer came my trip to San Diego. I had already planned to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>And Wisdom to Know the Difference</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/and-wisdom-to-know-the-difference.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/and-wisdom-to-know-the-difference.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selective Mutism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhayven and I have a few things in common, including BIID, intersexuality, and problems with selective mutism. Wait! What? Selective mutism? As with BIID, selective mutism (SM) is something many people have not heard of. As with BIID, even people who have heard of SM often do not have a realistic idea of what it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Commenting on New Mobility</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/commenting-on-new-mobility.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/commenting-on-new-mobility.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks there have been two pieces in New Mobility that talked about, or mentionned, Body Integrity Identity Disorder. I&#8217;ve read them, and re-read them. I&#8217;ve been wanting to play the apologist, to write an analysis or a response. And the more I read them, the less I know what to say. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Tail Begins</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-tail-begins.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-tail-begins.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first of a multi-part, ego-centric, narcissism laden series. I would love to spend more time writing about my theories on BIID, social issues and broader topics, but that would really cut into my me time. I don&#8217;t normally like to talk about the researchers I&#8217;ve been involved with, I&#8217;m not sure how [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wheelchair Hikes Number Seven and Eight</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheelchair-hikes-number-seven-and-eight.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheelchair-hikes-number-seven-and-eight.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alicia suggested to me that we take a hike on the wetlands wildlife refuge trail directly opposite our house. A great deal of the trail is paved, and I had not yet taken my wheelchair on it, so this seemed like a good opportunity to test it out. There&#8217;s actually a small cow pasture directly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turn Around?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/turn-around.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/turn-around.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My correspondance with one of the kids that emailed me recently made me reflect about my own interactions with people like Chris Ryan and Dr. First. He wanted answers &#8211; but I could not give him the answers he wanted. I admit I was annoyed with him from the beginning. He sent one email per [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Discordant Identity</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/discordant-identity.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/discordant-identity.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCI]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I identify as a mother, a wife, a wheelchair user, a friend, a scientist, someone with compassion, a lesbian, an inventor; or maybe just Chloe&#8230; We can self identify with as many or as few labels as we please. We can be many things all at once, and we can wear many hats. Usually this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>They Are Just Kids</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/they-are-just-kids.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/they-are-just-kids.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I receive occasional emails from people who have BIID, but who have just discovered they are not alone feeling the way they do. That is how many of the people who participate on this site first made contact. Some of these people are teenager. I always find these emails difficult. They are just kids &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;So what?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/so-what.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/so-what.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day a friend of mine and I were talking about our sons. One of her sons is officially diagnosed with Aspergers. One of mine displays some symptoms of it but never has seen a doctor for it. We talked about ways how to handle our sons tantrums over little things and how we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Unconscious Condescension</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/unconscious-condescension.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/unconscious-condescension.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 04:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attitudes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monoparesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PWD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like to think of myself as someone who is not patronising or condescending towards people with disabilities. I really do see the person first. It takes no effort on my part. However, I recently came to the realisation that I had fallen into the trap of overestimating the significance of disability when it comes [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is not Enough</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/this-is-not-enough.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/this-is-not-enough.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hermaphrodite]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monoparesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monoplegia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vagina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Enough&#8230; It&#8217;s one of those weird words that looks stranger and stranger the more you look at it. It can&#8217;t possibly be spelled right. Is this a metaphor for the meaning behind the word? Although furloughed Mr.Gough coughed, enough tough dough sloughed off the rough bough through the ploughed trough into the slough. How much [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Auggie and Me</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/auggie-and-me.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/auggie-and-me.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like the actor Christopher Gorham. I saw him a few months ago in Harper&#8217;s Island and thought him totally charming, even though he plays a mass murderer there. So when I found out the other day that he plays in Covert Affairs a character who is blind, I had to start watching it. And [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Something The Osteopath Said&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/something-the-osteopath-said.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/something-the-osteopath-said.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was rather puzzled when my osteopath said to me &#34;Sean, it&#8217;s always the same area of your back that causes the rest of the problems: Your L1/L2 always gets jammed up&#34;. I found that very interesting since that is where I&#8217;ve always envisionned my spinal cord injury to be. I have been going semi-regularly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Grand Opening</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-grand-opening.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-grand-opening.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disorder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stigma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new wing has been added to the psychiatric hospital where I work, doubling its size. The opening ceremonies took place recently, along with a grand tour, buffet lunch, etc. Yes, it was fun, but deeper meanings relating to BIID kept dripping from my experience of it. The keynote speaker was Heather Armstrong, author of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pesky Legs</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/pesky-legs.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/pesky-legs.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sylvie's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvie's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For as long as I can remember, my legs have been covered in bruises and bumps and scars. I acquired the first set of scars on my knees when I was three years old and fell down on an in-floor furnace grating. I know where to look and I can still find the marks. Throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>BIID: The Poem</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/biid-the-poem.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/biid-the-poem.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came home from work a few weeks ago to find that Danielle (Alicia) had just published her third book of poetry: &#34;Dead Black Bird in a Furnace.&#34; (The book is available at this page: http://www.daniellesaintemarie.com/works.html) By prior agreement I had seen or heard only a few of these poems ahead of time. Some of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bilateral Leg Brace Hike Number Two</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/bilateral-leg-brace-hike-number-two.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/bilateral-leg-brace-hike-number-two.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crutches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wrist Braces]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I felt ready to push the envelope a bit in this mode of hiking with leg braces. I decided to go alone and 100% off trail. There was inevitably going to be some boulder hopping too; I&#8217;m familiar with what to expect in such an area even though I&#8217;d never done this particular hike before. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free to Wheel Sometimes</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/free-to-wheel-sometimes.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/free-to-wheel-sometimes.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A week ago I talked to my priest. He asked me if I wheeled lately and I said yes, a few weeks ago, three times, for my back pain. I was expecting a little bit of preaching but was surprised by his answer. After all his disapproval of my wheeling for BIID, even though it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bilateral Leg Brace Hike Number One</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/bilateral-leg-brace-hike-number-one.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/bilateral-leg-brace-hike-number-one.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crutches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muscles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spasms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally got around to doing a hike with bilateral leg braces and crutches. This is the hike to a high elevation lake that I mentioned wanting to do almost two years ago. I was very glad to have my friend Dave with me for the hike, and he took the pics. I should make [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Needing to Control BIID</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/needing-to-control-biid.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/needing-to-control-biid.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve corresponded with many transabled folks who denied themselves the opportunity to use a wheelchair, even though it could help with handling the negative feelings associated with Body Integrity Identity Disorder. Most recently, it&#8217;s been Elisabeth telling us about how she had been wheelchair free for three months. She lasted another full [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Back Pain, Decisions, Lessons</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/back-pain-decisions-lessons.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/back-pain-decisions-lessons.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My back is sore most days. It comes from bad posture, and from sitting in a chair so much. Sitting in a wheelchair often triggers bad posture, which in turns aggravates pain. But not always. When I was a teenager, I really wanted to have to wear a Milwaukee brace. I mean, I REALLY wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>BIID: Needle Pricks vs Stab Wounds</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-needle-pricks-vs-stab-wounds.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/biid-needle-pricks-vs-stab-wounds.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just asked how I was doing in relation to BIID. To answer honestly, I have to admit the BIID is not as sharp and accute as it has been at other times in my life. But it&#8217;s still there, and it hurts as much, in different ways. I once described an attack of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not Elated, Just Natural</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/not-elated-just-natural.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/not-elated-just-natural.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=6050</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day I was screaming in pain from my back pain. My back between my shoulder blades was on fire. I was home alone and still needed to do some shopping. So I went to the garage, got my wheelchair, put more air in the tires, threw the chair in the car and went [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>BIID Ruined My Birthday</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/biid-ruined-my-birthday.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/biid-ruined-my-birthday.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this about a month ago, the night of my birthday right before I going to bed. I needed to write, to help me deal with what I was experiencing, to help me deal with my thoughts and emotions. I&#8217;m very thankful I had a supportive partner to lean on that night. I wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;This Is Really Sick&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/this-is-really-sick.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/this-is-really-sick.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disclosures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildKat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The title is a quote&#8230; from a &#34;friend&#34;. It had to happen sooner or later didn&#8217;t it? With around two hundred In Real Life disclosures under my belt at this point, perhaps I was getting a little over confident in my explanatory abilities. I spent time with her in person just two weeks before what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wheels at work!</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/wheels-at-work.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/wheels-at-work.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back I wrote about my impending transition at work. I think an update is in order. So the question is, how do you explain a disorder like BIID to a company full of people? How do you explain that you can walk, but use a wheelchair and wear leg braces? My answer, tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GP Visit Number Eleven</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/gp-visit-number-eleven.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/gp-visit-number-eleven.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back Brace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood Pressure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muscle Spasms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since that first visit when I disclosed to my GP about BIID, the subject has seemed to dominate our discussions in one way or another. Today was no exception. The nurse who does the preliminaries (temperature, pulse, blood pressure and EKG) commented right away on my leg braces, asking how long I&#8217;d had them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Movie and Two Dreams</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/one-movie-and-two-dreams.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/one-movie-and-two-dreams.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I watched the other day a movie that I really liked. The dreams that came during the night were rather interesting. Our subconsciousness fascinates me. I don&#8217;t know what the dreams meant but they were very pleasant. The movie is called Peaceful Warrior based on Dan Millman books. It tells a story of Dan Millman [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Apotheosis of the Emotional Base Jump</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/apotheosis-of-the-emotional-base-jump.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/apotheosis-of-the-emotional-base-jump.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Geographic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parachute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildKat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago Lane pointed out that I seem to have a predilection for emotional base jumping. Base jumping is where one jumps off a high object (building, cliff, etc) and hopes that one&#8217;s parachute will open. The metaphorical equivalent is where one makes one&#8217;s psyche vulnerable rather than one&#8217;s physical being. I think I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Errant Thought</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/errant-thought.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/errant-thought.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t stand having sheets tucked in tightly at the foot of the bed when I sleep. Never have. Not sure why, but I thought for a moment there might be a relationship to BIID. Honestly, I doubt it. But it&#8217;s one of those errant ponderings. Feet and legs feel blankets more if they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jul 7, 2011 &#8211; Get-Together Update</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/jul-7-2011-get-together-update.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/jul-7-2011-get-together-update.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 05:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sylvie's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Together]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, I&#8217;m getting very little feedback from folks. This worries me. Am I coming up with good ideas? Bad ideas? Imposing my will? (Okay. That one I cop to. A little.) I need to know what you think. I want to keep this moving. The sooner we settle it, the more likely we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chop Off My Limbo</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/chop-off-my-limbo.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/chop-off-my-limbo.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who need to be paralysed are a bit in limbo. We have BIID &#8211; or rather, we identify with the condition. But it hasn&#8217;t really been acknowledged that BIID includes other manifestations than the need to be an amputee. For that matter, those of us needing to be blind, or deaf are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Get-Together Update, Jul 06, 2011</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/get-together-update-jul-06-2011.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/get-together-update-jul-06-2011.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sylvie's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get Together]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing research on hotels in Las Vegas. The greater interest was expressed for Vegas. I tried to contact the event planner / manager at the Bellagio last week and have not received a reply. Last night, I sent an email requesting more information on the Red Rock Resort, which is known to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devotee stuff</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/devotee-stuff.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/devotee-stuff.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of us went through a devotee phase. Some didn&#8217;t.  The interesting part for us devotees is how those feelings and behaviour can stop once we realise that we have BIID and we start wheeling. There are many people who are pure devotees. The abundance of websites bear a witness to it. The sexual component [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Tell The Surgeon?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-to-tell-the-surgeon.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-to-tell-the-surgeon.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My GP is cool &#8211; A few years ago I told him about BIID and he &#34;got it&#34;. But I think maybe he is just a little bit naive about his profession&#8217;s attitude towards BIID. I was talking to him a few days ago about a possible surgery on my foot to remove a fibrous [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wheelchair Hike Number Five</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheelchair-hike-number-five.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheelchair-hike-number-five.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave and I did another wheelchair hike today. I certainly appreciate living in an area where there is an assortment of mountain trails which are wheelchair accessible. I am making notes about all these hikes because I have not found a resource which lists them. I know about them because of my general familiarity with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So Tired of Being Depressed</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/so-tired-of-being-depressed.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/so-tired-of-being-depressed.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5895</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I was close to tears. It means that my moderate depression is sliding toward severe depression. I am screwed. I am on a depression roller coaster. When I wheeled, my depression was mainly mild. I had two short bad episodes of severe depression that scared the heck out of me but most days were [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wheelchair Hike Number Four</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheelchair-hike-number-four.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/wheelchair-hike-number-four.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accessible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dave was on a mission of mercy. He knew from the tone of my voice a couple of days earlier that I was in significant psychological distress from my wife leaving me. I knew that the best thing I could possibly do for my mental health would be to take a wheelchair hike with a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Get Together?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/get-together.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/get-together.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sylvie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s just the madcap kind of girl I am, but I was wondering if there&#8217;s any interest in a get-together? I realize that we are all literally all over the globe, but my North American-centric-ness is thinking about potentially getting a bunch of us together for conversation and general frivolity. What comes to mind quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Path Less Travelled</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-path-less-travelled.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-path-less-travelled.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a disorder I didn&#8217;t ask for, one that I believe I was born with. One that has wrecked havoc on my life and caused me a great deal of suffering. It sucks having a disorder no one can see, but inside feels very real. BIID isn&#8217;t fun, it&#8217;s my curse. I often feel [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Able Bodied Hiker</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/able-bodied-hiker.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/able-bodied-hiker.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Able Bodied]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paraplegia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5847</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if this is my first anti-BIID blog? It&#8217;s not really that; but circumstance caused me to have some thoughts of wishing I didn&#8217;t have BIID. I know that many of you wish you didn&#8217;t have it, but for me it is actually a very rare thought. Hiking has been an important part of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keeping a Secret</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/keeping-a-secret.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/keeping-a-secret.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secret]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really not comfortable for me to be secretive about BIID at this point. However, I make exceptions when there appears to be good reason. We had not visited Alicia&#8217;s parents in a year or so, and I asked her if she was okay with me talking about BIID should they ask about the right [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can You Be Suicidal But Not Depressed?</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/can-you-be-suicidal-but-not-depressed.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/can-you-be-suicidal-but-not-depressed.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5849</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 4th of June, I made myself a note, querying &#34;Can you be suicidal and not depressed at the same time?&#34;. I was going to write a post then, but events in my life delayed my writing. But here I am &#8211; I think death would be better than life, I don&#8217;t feel particularly [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Differently Abled Dyke!</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/differently-abled-dyke.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/differently-abled-dyke.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Brace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alicia and I decided to participate in the &#34;Dyke March&#34; that is part of the vibrant &#34;Pride Festival&#34; in Salt Lake City. She made a sign for my wheelchair which said &#34;Differently Abled Dyke&#34;. We parked at the festival venue and walked the march route in reverse to get to the gathering area (the steps [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Watersports!</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/watersports.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/watersports.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I grew up in the water. My summers were spent swimming at the nearby pool or on my father&#8217;s boat, skiing or tubing. I miss that part of my childhood the most. My father retired the speedboat for a no less modest bass boat years ago and swimming got lost in the shuffle of life. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Advantages of Walking Do Not Outweigh The Need To Be Paralysed</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-advantages-of-walking-do-not-outweigh-the-need-to-be-paralysed.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/the-advantages-of-walking-do-not-outweigh-the-need-to-be-paralysed.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I had to go on a short out-of-town trip. I went without my wheelchair, with my partner. When we came back, she said something that made me go &#34;hmmm&#34;. We didn&#8217;t speak about whether or not I would take the chair on this trip. I knew that where we would be staying wouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discovering Hidden Treasure</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/discovering-hidden-treasure.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/discovering-hidden-treasure.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My grandparents lived in a secluded hamlet in the countryside of England. My parents would let me stay with them for a week at a time from a pretty young age. I liked this a lot because it afforded me a privacy that I didn&#8217;t get at home. It seemed like my grandmother was always [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Wheels of Change</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-wheels-of-change.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/the-wheels-of-change.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I work for a relatively small company of around 150 people and I&#8217;m the head of the application development group. Amongst the many people in my life who are aware of BIID is my boss. When things started getting rough, I confided in him. When I first told him seven months ago, I was pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another Three Day Diary</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/another-three-day-diary.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/another-three-day-diary.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg Braces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muscle Spasms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5694</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just another egocentric three day diary; starting with May 12th. There&#8217;s stuff about BIID. Honest! Thursday I decided to hike in an elk refuge, keeping my elevation below 8000 ft on account of the record snowpack this year. Apart from the first hour and the last hour, this was a rather difficult and dangerous off [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Wheelchair-free</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/wheelchair-free.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/elisabeths-thoughts/wheelchair-free.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been wheelchair-free for three months.  Wheelchair-free: what a stupid expression! Being without my wheelchair doesn&#8217;t make me free. I am not free to enjoy every day. I am not free to be myself! I do not miss the wheelchair per say but I miss how it made me feel: real and alive. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Month Without Prozac</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-month-without-prozac.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/a-month-without-prozac.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Absolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAFO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prozac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildKat]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I was a lifer. After 30 months of Prozac I expected to be a lifer. Alicia expected me to be a lifer. My physician expected me to be a lifer. I had no problem with being a lifer. Nevertheless (as of this writing, May 25th) it has now been a month since I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prejudicial Thoughts &#8211; Just Too Weird</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/prejudicial-thoughts-just-too-weird.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/prejudicial-thoughts-just-too-weird.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit to prejudice. It&#8217;s never pretty, but when I am totally honest with myself, there it is &#8211; I have negative/prejudicial thoughts. What&#8217;s worse is that these particular thoughts are aimed at some of our transabled brothers and sisters. I was thinking about the recent request for participants for the National Geographic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rugby</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/rugby.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/rugby.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5743</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They made me play rugby at the boys&#8217; school; when I was seven. I hated the nasty pointless game. But there was an upside. It seemed like a good opportunity to get injured. I soon acquired a reputation for being fearless, and eventually started breaking bones (mine). After the fourth one (left clavicle) at age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanting To Hurt</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/wanting-to-hurt.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/wanting-to-hurt.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5761</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the way home from work a few days ago, I was assaulted by a nearly overpowering desire to hurt myself. I just wanted to hit myself on the head. I don&#8217;t quite know why. I just had the desire to slap my forehead hard. Banging my head against a wall or a counter-top would [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bedwetting</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/bedwetting.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/bedwetting.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like most people, I started off as a bedwetter. Like most people, I stopped. Then I started again when I was seven years old. It wasn&#8217;t deliberate; it happened while I was asleep; it happened every night; it seemed like it was right. I didn&#8217;t stop again until I was thirteen years old. How does [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Driving Manual Transmission Cars</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/driving-manual-transmission-cars.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/driving-manual-transmission-cars.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently was given an opportunity to drive a car with a manual transmission. I hadn&#8217;t driven &#8220;stick shift&#8221; in many years. It felt weird &#8211; good, but weird. If I were paralysed, I couldn&#8217;t drive a manual transmission. I realise that and admit to have some luck in having been able to do it. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>ADA Appreciation</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/ada-appreciation.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/ada-appreciation.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accessibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wheelchair]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While attending the magnetoencephalography symposium some weeks ago, I had drawn the attention of the building coordinator to some inadequacies of the wheelchair seating arrangements in the auditorium. He said he was going to call a staff meeting to address the issues and then get back to me. We have indeed had several long discussions [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memorial Day Disclosure</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/memorial-day-disclosure.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/memorial-day-disclosure.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 07:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over memorial day weekend this year, we decided to invade the house of some friends, eat all their food and drink all their wine. This is one of our core group of friends originating from our college days. I know them because of my fiance, but they&#8217;re really just our friends. I&#8217;ve always kept BIID [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ingrown Toe Nails</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/ingrown-toe-nails.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/ingrown-toe-nails.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My whole life I&#8217;ve been plagued with ingrown toe nails. They hurt. Sometimes, it&#8217;s silly what goes through your mind. For instance, yesterday, I was thinking that if I was paralysed and couldn&#8217;t feel my legs, I couldn&#8217;t feel ingrown toe nails. On the surface one positive for paraplegia. Of course, that ignores the fact [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Participate in National Geographic &#8216;Taboo&#8217; Series</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/participate-in-national-geographic-taboo-series.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/participate-in-national-geographic-taboo-series.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Documentaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve received a request for participants for a segment in a documentary series about Double Lives. I&#8217;m passing it on to you &#8211; maybe someone will be willing to participate. Nathan, the guy who made the request wrote the following: Hello, Sean kindly offered to post this note to the website. I&#8217;m a researcher on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fun on a Toboggan</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/fun-on-a-toboggan.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/fun-on-a-toboggan.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted one of those toboggans which can go pretty fast. One Christmas it appeared underneath the tree. I&#8217;m estimating my age was double digit but pre-teen. It seemed like most kids would sit upright on such things with their feet on the bar in front. I discovered that one could go substantially faster by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Chapter Begins</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/a-new-chapter-begins.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/a-new-chapter-begins.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 12:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking to purchase my first wheelchair for a while now. I&#8217;ve been researching it for months and months now. I know exactly the chair I want. A TiLite ZR, it&#8217;s a thing of beauty. The smallest, lightest, sturdiest fully rigid frame you can purchase. Sean talked me out of it. So for the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Practical Limb</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/practical-limb.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/practical-limb.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 12:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every day in the winter on my way to elementary school I would pass a shop where an older guy would sharpen skis, adjust the binding etc. I would always peak through the shop window. The guy was a bellow elbow amputee. The funny thing is it took me a while to realise he was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Real Moment</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/the-real-moment.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sylvies-thoughts/the-real-moment.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 12:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sylvie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sylvie's Thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went away on a very rare overnight trip yesterday. Although I&#8217;ve had opportunities to wheel for several hours at a time, I hadn&#8217;t yet had the opportunity to do it for a day at a time. An opportunity came up to go to a resort. The timing was right, if nothing else. I was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Home Alone with my Train Set</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/home-alone-with-my-train-set.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/home-alone-with-my-train-set.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 12:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My parents started leaving me home alone for hours at a time when I was ten years old. This opened up a whole new world of secret possibilities; with a large proportion of my pocket money ending up in a stock of bandages. Of the myriad bandaging techniques I explored, one stands out as the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>She Was Hot</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/she-was-hot.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/she-was-hot.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once (I was already a teenager) I saw a young woman in a pretty dress. She was surrounded by two guys. They all were talking and laughing. I wanted to be like her, to be accepted like her. She was attractive with her longer hair flowing, with her pretty smile. She was walking skillfully on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>You Can Let Go Of Them Now</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/you-can-let-go-of-them-now.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/xaviers-thoughts/you-can-let-go-of-them-now.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Xavier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Xavier's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://transabled.org/?p=5491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always felt this sort of itch I could never quite identify or scratch, a need I couldn&#8217;t fulfill. It&#8217;s always been there. This burning desire, a NEED to wear braces&#8230; as deep as eating, breathing and sleeping. Something so primal, so raw it&#8217;s at the core of my very being. I felt more comfortable [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Silly KAFOs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My aunt acquired paraplegia from a bicycle accident in her early twenties. She used bilateral KAFOs and forearm crutches after that. I remember sitting next to her, when I was around six years old, and intently studying the mechanism of the knee hinge. After a while she turned to me and said &#8220;Silly things to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Hundredth of a Second</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/early-memories/one-hundredth-of-a-second.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/early-memories/one-hundredth-of-a-second.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 12:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elisabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early memories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elisabeth's thoughts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was nine or ten and crazy about downhill skiing. So when our TV was showing an Italian movie &#8220;Un centesimo di secondo&#8221;, I was hooked. It had a lot of skiing, great music and a paralysed skier. I was totally hooked. The plot was simple enough. A guy becomes paralysed through a skiing accident, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralysis Resource Guide</title>
		<link>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/paralysis-resource-guide.htm</link>
		<comments>http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/paralysis-resource-guide.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 12:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chloe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chloe's Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orthoses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paralysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skiing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently acquired the second edition (2011) of the &#34;Paralysis Resource Guide&#34; from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation/Paralysis Resource Center; accessed via http://www.paralysis.org. I don&#8217;t pretend to have the literary talent to offer what might be called a book review. However, I would like to share some thoughts and feelings I had while reading [...]]]></description>
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