Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 21 July 2011
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.
GP Visit Number Eleven continues »
by Chloe - 23 April 2011
Buckling under tremendous peer pressure from Sean and Art, I decided to try out bilateral KAFOs with wheelchair as my standard presentation. I have done this countless times before, but not as my daily norm; not at work.
Bilateral KAFOs Become Normal continues »
by Chloe - 28 October 2010
We needed to get our car fixed, so I wasn’t going in to work last Friday. Alicia and I would be spending most of the day together, and it was a nice opportunity to satisfy my occasional desire to wear bilateral KAFOs. I wore my hot pink outfit. It is no longer a concern that anybody might look at my braces. It’s just irrelevant to me, though sometimes it can be entertaining.
A Day in KAFOs continues »
by Chloe - 13 October 2010
I’ve already had a year or so of interspersing my regular hikes with ones using a leg brace and crutch. It seems that there was a slightly greater psychological hurdle in getting to my first wheelchair hike. The long awaited day had finally arrived.
Wheelchair Hike Number One continues »
by Chloe - 29 August 2010
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far away, Chloe used to experience enormous psychological stress when seeing a physician. Now, at her ninth GP visit in a wheelchair, she finds it both relaxing and entertaining.
GP Visit Number Nine continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.