Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 3 December 2008
Sean told me I had purchased a "granny" chair. Yeah, alright, but it was cheap. The problem is, I’m not a granny, and I don’t behave like one with or without a wheelchair.
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by Sophie - 13 August 2008
I met an interesting man today who raised a good point, what is disability. This man had been a firefighter until one day when he was in a car accident and he was brain damaged. You wouldn’t know any of this just by looking at him but he had no long or short term memory. He had no sense of smell or taste and he can’t hear properly. He looks like any normal man joking around about every day things but in reality he’s wondering why the heck people are calling him ___ when he’s been told his name is something else????
What is Disability really? continues »
by Sean - 13 June 2008
I have been exchanging emails with a psychologist about Body Integrity Identity Disorder. This person is not in clinical duties, but rather does research, and is working closely with a team of neurologists who are trying to understand BIID. I’m continuing discussion because it is of the utmost importance we get a better understanding of what BIID is. But I have been having a strange vibe that was telling me "something’s not quite right". I did not know what until someone else who has been speaking to them told me about a discussion they had with their therapist, and that therapist’s comment about normalcy and happiness.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder, the battle between Normal and Happy continues »
by Sean - 27 February 2007
I looked at myself in the mirror the other day. My eyes were dark, almost lifeless. I looked horribly sad. Not sad in the "puppy" kind of way, that’s cute. I saw pain and hurt and depression in those eyes. Why does it seem like other people don’t see it?
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