Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Phil - 2 February 2010
Often I feel ashamed for myself. Sometimes because I don’t feel to be prepared well enough for a meeting or so – and often just because of being who I am. Today I shopped for some groceries and such and in the shop I felt self-conscious and, well, yes, ashamed of myself. Without any real reason. When I thought I was there in a wheelchair, all this shame vanished – for a moment.
Being Ashamed For Myself continues »
by Sean - 27 November 2009
A few weeks ago, the therapist I was seeing asked me "If you were to have surgery today, what would be different, what would change in your life?". It is a fair question.
What Would Be Different? continues »
by Cath - 2 September 2009
I haven’t posted much lately, but I visit the site most days, sometimes twice. The fact is, I am envious of the ease with which Chloe and Lane have incorporated wheelchairs and other BIID supports into their work and private lives and I’ve been sulking a bit.
Feeling Like An Alien continues »
by Ada - 16 March 2009
The dichotomy does not escape me as I bound up twenty three stairs to my therapist’s office to talk about the fact I should be paralyzed.
Twenty Three Stairs continues »
by Sean - 8 February 2009
I’m running out of voice. I’ve been saying the same thing for so long, I fear people think I’m a broken record. I fear I’ve dulled the impact of my own anguish by trying to raise a reaction from people. Not you, the reader who is transabled, because you know. But the others. The doctors, the surgeons, the psychiatrists, all the medical people who have vowed to help people. I don’t feel heard. What will it take for people to notice me?
What Do I Need To Do To Be Heard? continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.