Comments on: Is transability a lifestyle choice? http://transabled.org/thoughts/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:02:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marisa http://transabled.org/thoughts/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm#comment-5825 Marisa Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:01:36 +0000 http://transabled.org/uncategorized/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm#comment-5825 It was harder for me to admit that I was lesbian than to accept my BIID. Both have their dark profiles, but which one would probably be accepted more readily? If you think about humanity I doubt either would, and we would find ourselves stuck in some crazy house... the BIIDs and the gays; I guess I would be right at home. It was harder for me to admit that I was lesbian than to accept my BIID. Both have their dark profiles, but which one would probably be accepted more readily? If you think about humanity I doubt either would, and we would find ourselves stuck in some crazy house… the BIIDs and the gays; I guess I would be right at home.

]]> By: John http://transabled.org/thoughts/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm#comment-5703 John Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:31:17 +0000 http://transabled.org/uncategorized/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm#comment-5703 Yeah, I really have made the "choice" to want to be a paraplegic so I can live in fear that people will find me out and brand me as crazy. Sean, you are right, calling BIID a lifestyle choice is reminiscent of what certain groups say about gays. It is hard for me to see how we even have much of a choice in how we live with this as I know I will always be obsessed with it. Yeah, I really have made the “choice” to want to be a paraplegic so I can live in fear that people will find me out and brand me as crazy. Sean, you are right, calling BIID a lifestyle choice is reminiscent of what certain groups say about gays.
It is hard for me to see how we even have much of a choice in how we live with this as I know I will always be obsessed with it.

]]> By: Ronald http://transabled.org/thoughts/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm#comment-5701 Ronald Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:11:30 +0000 http://transabled.org/uncategorized/is-transability-a-lifestyle-choice.htm#comment-5701 Choice? None of us have chosen this, that is for sure. We would not be logging onto this website trying to figure out why we are like this and where it comes from. We can choose, however, how we wish to deal with it although that ultimate choice is not currently available from the medical community. This is the same as hair color, skin or eye color, male or female. We got what we were given, and we run with it the best we can. Choice? None of us have chosen this, that is for sure. We would not be logging onto this website trying to figure out why we are like this and where it comes from.

We can choose, however, how we wish to deal with it although that ultimate choice is not currently available from the medical community.

This is the same as hair color, skin or eye color, male or female. We got what we were given, and we run with it the best we can.

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