Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Ada - 16 February 2009
I am quite practiced at sloth. Truth be told, I enjoy it very much. But sometimes, I get a burst of energy and I’ve just got to do *something* to get my heart pounding! I’ve a handful of acts in my repertoire to fulfill this need, of late the most frequent is wheeling.
I Was Seen! continues »
by Ada - 13 January 2009
Saturday night I had another first: I decided to go to the movies with my wheelchair. Until now, I’ve only wheeled around my neighborhood. I can be a bit of a planner, so I figured my actions in advance. I decided I’d walk the chair down to the garage, swiftly load it in the car and be on my way. Sometimes I feel so silly for advance planning as things rarely go according to plan.
Date Night At The Movies… continues »
by Ada - 9 January 2009
I spent much of the last couple weeks trying to make some big decisions about my future plans. There are several issues (mostly non transabled stuff) but each of these is interrelated with another and therefore the process must be done collectively. This is not the best time for me to be making big decisions, but the timing can’t be helped and it must be done.
Decisions, Decisions… continues »
by Ada - 21 December 2008
Yeah. The note on my door lasted 6 days. As I write this it’s been only two weeks I’ve been using a wheelchair, and I’ve since lost count of how many times I’ve been outside my home.
Do Not Pass This Way… continues »
by Claire - 17 July 2008
I met a pretender today who had an interesting approach to it, I thought. My last post stirred a couple of people up, so I went back into the annals of the late, great, wheelchairpretenders group to read the old posts once again. One guy had said something interesting, and I could also see that he was online. So I sent him an instant message, to see what he had to say about his motivations for pretending. He turned out to be really cool.
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