Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 2 February 2011
Alicia, myself and a friend headed south, with three suitcases and a wheelchair packed in our friend’s car. Here described are my eight days of wheelchair adventures.
It’s a Small World After All continues »
by Chloe - 26 January 2011
I have a little shopping list for medical assistive devices that I would like. Some of them are for physical issues. Some of them are purely for BIID. Some of them serve dual function. Santa Claus apparently knew that I wanted a right AFO (Ankle Foot Orthosis) for Christmas. This one is just for BIID. My right leg is the strongest healthiest part of my body.
My New AFO continues »
by Chloe - 7 January 2011
My two children, both boys, are 17 and 23 years old. Okay, I guess they’re not really children any more! They live in another state, but they came to spend some time with us over the holidays.
I Love My Kids 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 - 23 August 2010
My disability presentation has evolved over the last two years. It has lacked consistency, both over time and also between different groups of people. I’m not sure I could have done it any other way. I needed to experiment in order to find an optimal presentation for treating my BIID. These things simply weren’t obvious to me ahead of time. However, it leaves me with the discomforting baggage of being known in different ways to different people.
Consistent Presentation continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.