Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 17 May 2011
It is now exactly four weeks to the day that bilateral KAFOs became part of my standard disability presentation. Today also happened to be the first day that someone asked me about that extra leg brace.
Confession at the Dentist continues »
by Sean - 10 April 2010
Claire just pointed me to the website of a “mental health clinic dedicated primarily to evaluation and treatment of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and similar body image disturbances“. The fascinating thing is, they list Body Integrity Identity Disorder as one of the condition they work with…
Treating BIID – A Clinic continues »
by Sean - 8 March 2010
One of my Google alerts notified me of a new site: http://biid.org.uk. I became momentarily excited at the thought another site would discuss BIID, and I hoped it was done well. I couldn’t help laughing out loud when I saw the site.
A New BIID Website! continues »
by Sean - 30 January 2010
I receive Google Alerts on a variety of keywords I want to be aware of. One of them is, obviously, BIID. A recent alert pointed me to the course outline for a class on Social Work and Disability, out of McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. I was rather surprised, but quite pleased.
Students of Social Work Learning About BIID In Ontario continues »
by Sean - 9 January 2010
I was reading a discussion about Body Integrity Identity Disorder on a LiveJournal Transgender board. One of the comment seems to have triggered the crystalisation of a thought I’d had before, without really being able to verbalise it. We shouldn’t say "I need to be paralysed", or "I need an amputation"!
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