Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 18 April 2012
The title of this post is the name of a six week workshop and support group I started attending. It is offered free by the county in which I live. My attention was attracted by the explicit listing of fibromyalgia as one of the conditions addressed. However, I also seek to live well with BIID, which is indeed a chronic condition.
Living Well with Chronic Conditions continues »
by Tom - 8 December 2008
It is not possible to pretend being an LBE amputee. The amputation I would like to have is through the wrist. Of course, this is not possible to simulate. The closest I can get to it is by making my hand as useless as possible and with as little sensitivity as possible. I have tried many methods to achieve this, and finally settled for a compromise. It involves closing my fist, thumb inside, and bandaging the whole thing quite tightly. The bandage must also go a little up the wrist so that there can be no wrist movement. Then I cover the whole thing with a "stump" sock. However, this still looks more or less like a closed fist. I found this could be made less obvious by letting a couple of finger "stumps" point out at the end of it. So I let my little finger and my major finger point out, but bent and bandaged so that they look like two short finger stumps. When asked, I tell people that I have an underdeveloped, malformed hand and that I have to wear a glove to protect it due to the fact that there isn’t any sensitivity in it.
Pretending continues »
by Ada - 30 October 2008
For my entire life I’ve successfully "treated" my BIID by ignoring it. <please read sarcasm into my usage of the word successfully>
Treatment for BIID continues »
by Sean - 1 August 2008
As those of you who read this blog regularly know, I support the inclusion of Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID) in the DSM. As you also know, there are many who oppose that position. I recently read a most interesting interview with Vivianne Namaste, discussing issues of "politics" of transsexuality. Some of the things there make you think.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder in the DSM, or not? continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.