Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sylvie - 7 March 2010
When I put on the AFOs, when I tried my first tentative steps in them, I realized there was no going back. I don’t want to go back. This feels like I’m slowly uncovering more and more parts of my true self, the certain true part of me.
No Going Back continues »
by Chloe - 2 January 2010
I’m having a meltdown; yes, right now. It’s two days after Christmas, and apparently time for major weeping fits. Hesitation creeps in. Is it okay to use this website as my personal journal? It can get embarrassing to make myself so vulnerable. My excuse is that BIID deeply infiltrates every aspect of my life.
In a Wheelchair; Having a Disability continues »
by Peter - 1 June 2009
It’s very hard to describe how I feel in my new country. It’s exciting and worrying finding and applying for jobs. Half the time it’s boring in this in-between time. The installation has finished and work hasn’t yet started so it’s a bit like being on a long holiday with limited finances. But there is plenty of time for thinking about the future and, of course, BIID raises its ugly head on many occasions – like every five minutes at the moment.
New Stomping Ground, New Ways Of Getting About continues »
by Chloe - 22 March 2009
I find it amusing how much body hardware I have accumulated. It literally goes from head to toe. Some of it is for BIID. Some of it is for assorted physical conditions. I’ll just start at the top and work my way down:
Hardware from Head to Toe continues »
by Chloe - 15 January 2009
Back in July, Sean and I had a little interchange of posting comments in connection with "Bronwyn’s fateful weekend". Sean suggested there that I should talk to my psychotherapist about what has motivated me to do blindsimming. My first reaction was "Yeah right Sean, he’s just going to think I’m a nutcase". Then I realised that psychotherapists like nutcases. That’s why they are psychotherapists. Here’s what the ensuing discussions with my psychotherapist uncovered:
Blindsimming and Such continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2010 - All Rights Reserved.