Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 23 June 2011
I wonder if this is my first anti-BIID blog? It’s not really that; but circumstance caused me to have some thoughts of wishing I didn’t have BIID. I know that many of you wish you didn’t have it, but for me it is actually a very rare thought.
Able Bodied Hiker continues »
by Chloe - 24 May 2009
It’s time for the first hike of the year. What will I think? What will I feel? I often have an intense internal dialog when I hike. It’s not that I’m insane. Right? I don’t say anything out loud. I don’t have multiple personality disorder. It’s just me talking to me. Everybody does it. Right? I’m not going to censor this.
First Hike continues »
by Chloe - 16 May 2009
My partner was mowing the lawns this morning. I wasn’t. She didn’t sign up for this. I always used to mow the lawns. She doesn’t like mowing lawns. I do. But now I can’t.
Lawn Guilt continues »
by Chloe - 17 April 2009
People with BIID inhabit a netherworld of being neither able bodied nor disabled. Hermaphrodites inhabit a netherworld of being neither male nor female.
BIID/Intersex Analogies continues »
by Chloe - 3 April 2009
A friend of mine was having a housewarming party. I had not seen her since I stopped presenting as able bodied at social events. She knew nothing of my wheelchair or BIID. There would also be other friends there, as well as acquaintances, and people I’ve never met before. With just one exception, none of them knew. I was pretty nervous about going to this party.
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