Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 25 March 2010
Test driving hearing aids recently turned out to be quite interesting. Among other things, it was an opportunity for a simultaneous comparison of using assistive devices for a physical issue versus using assistive devices for a neuropsychological issue (BIID).
Hearing Loss and BIID continues »
by Chloe - 7 May 2009
My BIID is asymmetric. That seems odd. My self image corresponds to complete paraplegia. Both legs the same. Both sides of my lower torso the same. It seems absurd for there to be laterality. Yet it is so.
Laterality continues »
by Sean - 21 April 2009
Do you have Body Integrity Identity Disorder? Do you need to be paralysed, blind, or deaf? If you do, please participate in Dr. Michael First’s follow-up study. You can phone him at 212-543-5524 (USA number) or e-mail him at mbf2@columbia.edu. We need to understand BIID better, and Dr. First is working towards that. Please help him help us.
Do Your Bit For BIID continues »
by Chloe - 19 January 2009
This post isn’t really about BIID. It is about the interplay of physical impairments and psychological issues within the context of communicating in a relationship. I think my partner and I were both better prepared to deal with BIID in our relationship because of what we had previously gone through together.
Deaf to the Issue continues »
by Chloe - 7 October 2008
Almost half way through our road trip: It has felt SO comfortable to be wearing leg braces every day for a week.
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