Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 26 December 2010
Honest introspection is a wonderful psychological tool. I experience a particular delight from this when I can hold more than one seemingly contradictory feeling simultaneously. Sometimes it just happens…
Feeling the Disability continues »
by Chloe - 28 October 2010
We needed to get our car fixed, so I wasn’t going in to work last Friday. Alicia and I would be spending most of the day together, and it was a nice opportunity to satisfy my occasional desire to wear bilateral KAFOs. I wore my hot pink outfit. It is no longer a concern that anybody might look at my braces. It’s just irrelevant to me, though sometimes it can be entertaining.
A Day in KAFOs continues »
by Chloe - 29 August 2010
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far away, Chloe used to experience enormous psychological stress when seeing a physician. Now, at her ninth GP visit in a wheelchair, she finds it both relaxing and entertaining.
GP Visit Number Nine continues »
by Sean - 2 June 2009
A few weeks ago, Lane wondered on Twitter why nobody did anything about becoming a paraplegic. He mused it couldn’t be that hard. I suggest that it is, actually, not as straightforward as some people might think. The more I ponder the issue, the more complications I see.
Self-Engineering Paralysis Is Not That Easy continues »
by Sean - 15 May 2009
You have to admire the tenacity of some people. You have to admire the level of denial of these people too. A British soldier with a spinal cord injury recently completed the London Marathon. 13 days after everyone else… He had something to prove. He is raising money for charity, yeah, but he had something to prove.
Against All Odds continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.