Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 22 April 2012
The unique focus for week 2 of the "Living Well with Chronic Conditions" workshop I am taking was "Difficult Emotions". We each had to choose a particular emotion, associated with our chronic conditions, that we wanted to focus on and address. I chose anger.
Anger Management continues »
by Chloe - 28 March 2012
The comments on the Anderson website in the wake of my television appearance appear finally to have fizzled out. They have left me with a puzzle. Several times on the website I asked people with disabilities, or their caregivers, why they find BIID to be offensive, insulting, upsetting, etc. Not a single person gave an answer. There are actually two puzzles here. Firstly, why do some people with disabilities, or others, feel this way? Secondly, why are they so reticent to say why?
Why is BIID Offensive? continues »
by Chloe - 7 September 2011
I came home from work a few weeks ago to find that Danielle (Alicia) had just published her third book of poetry: "Dead Black Bird in a Furnace." (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 these were about my BIID you see, and I wanted to avoid acting as a censor.
BIID: The Poem continues »
by Sean - 26 July 2010
I am an angry man. I cannot deny it. It usualy simmers under the surface. It often burns hot. I control it, I retain it, I reduce it as I can. But it’s there.
Anger And Frustration continues »
by Elisabeth - 12 April 2010
I was wondering the other day about my husband – not about what he thinks but what he feels. He has a wife that uses a wheelchair. Does he go through the same grieving process he would go through if I really got an impairment or became sick?
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