Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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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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by Chloe - 4 January 2010
I apologise to everyone for throwing in an obscure reference to the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" in last month’s post, Ruminations on Sexuality, without giving any clue as to why I find relevance to BIID in the story. This post is to rectify that.
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by Sean - 31 December 2009
This last week, I have exchanged a few emails with one of the prominent psychiatrists in the field of Body Integrity Identity Disorder. This exchange leaves me somewhat disturbed, due to the implications I see in this person’s position.
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by Chloe - 27 December 2009
I had a long and serious talk with my sixteen year old son today. We have a wonderful relationship, and he has told me that I am a great parent. We always have a lot of fun together. Today I asked him what I could do to be a better parent. His answer was related to BIID.
Our Children continues »
by Chloe - 7 December 2009
I have an impulse to find meaning in things, beyond the scientific realities. This does not mean that I ever seek anything that is contrary to a scientific explanation; but there can be additional perspectives.
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