Comments on: A pretender who doesn’t pretend http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/a-pretender-who-doesnt-pretend.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Claire http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/a-pretender-who-doesnt-pretend.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15198 Claire Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:58:46 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=793#comment-15198 Excellent find, Gordo. A great blog post, that. If only it were that simple, though. It's just not that simple. Excellent find, Gordo. A great blog post, that.

If only it were that simple, though. It’s just not that simple.

]]> By: Gordo http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/a-pretender-who-doesnt-pretend.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15197 Gordo Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:33:46 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=793#comment-15197 I'm not exactly sure if this is the right place to put this, but I came across a blog entry yesterday that might be of interest to people who don't claim to be BIID but still wheel, such as Wheelman. The link is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2007/08/the_wheelchair_choice_1.html and basically, it was the last paragraph that caught my eye: "It shouldn't even matter whether you choose to use the wheelchair because you just enjoy it more than walking. It's your choice." Quite an interesting read. I’m not exactly sure if this is the right place to put this, but I came across a blog entry yesterday that might be of interest to people who don’t claim to be BIID but still wheel, such as Wheelman.

The link is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ouch/2007/08/the_wheelchair_choice_1.html and basically, it was the last paragraph that caught my eye:

“It shouldn’t even matter whether you choose to use the wheelchair because you just enjoy it more than walking. It’s your choice.”

Quite an interesting read.

]]> By: Wheelman1912 http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/a-pretender-who-doesnt-pretend.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15188 Wheelman1912 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:50:18 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=793#comment-15188 Well gee…for a long while now, that is basically what I have done, yet it seams that I receive judgment from the group for it. I wheel because I am a pretender. I don’t go around claming to be a para…I don’t transfer, I don’t remain perfectly still, I don’t do anything like that…I get up from my car…I walk to the trunk I get my chair out and I sit down and wheel. If I need to stand up for something, I do…I use my wheelchair because it is who I am…I am a pretender. I don’t clame to be disabled, I don’t lie constantly about it in fact very rarely do I do…I have told everyone who comes in close contact in my life, I can’t even begin to count the number of people who know about me. -Wheelman Well gee…for a long while now, that is basically what I have done, yet it seams that I receive judgment from the group for it. I wheel because I am a pretender. I don’t go around claming to be a para…I don’t transfer, I don’t remain perfectly still, I don’t do anything like that…I get up from my car…I walk to the trunk I get my chair out and I sit down and wheel. If I need to stand up for something, I do…I use my wheelchair because it is who I am…I am a pretender. I don’t clame to be disabled, I don’t lie constantly about it in fact very rarely do I do…I have told everyone who comes in close contact in my life, I can’t even begin to count the number of people who know about me.

-Wheelman

]]> By: Brice http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/claires-thoughts/a-pretender-who-doesnt-pretend.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15182 Brice Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:34:16 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=793#comment-15182 I guess I'd be tempted to question whether he's got BIID and is in denial. I guess I’d be tempted to question whether he’s got BIID and is in denial.

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