Comments on: The disability inside http://transabled.org/thoughts/the-disability-inside.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Thu, 24 May 2012 18:24:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Rorschach http://transabled.org/thoughts/the-disability-inside.htm/comment-page-1#comment-824 Rorschach Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:07:09 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/the-disability-inside.htm#comment-824 It's hard to believe that in a community this small and vulnerable, in a sense, to thoughtless scorn we would turn on each other. Since I was young, I've ben trying to think of ways in which we could actually come together as a community and actually interact beyond simply being internet groups. I'm saddened by your experience as it makes me realize the situation is not as good as I had imagined it to be. Still though I have some sort of dream I will keep trying to bring to fruition. Thanks for your post people don't normally talk about the "Disability Fascination" community and the inter and intra-action of its subgroups. I think just beginning to acknowledge it is the first step towards building a stronger, more accepting, and more cohesive community. It’s hard to believe that in a community this small and vulnerable, in a sense, to thoughtless scorn we would turn on each other. Since I was young, I’ve ben trying to think of ways in which we could actually come together as a community and actually interact beyond simply being internet groups.

I’m saddened by your experience as it makes me realize the situation is not as good as I had imagined it to be. Still though I have some sort of dream I will keep trying to bring to fruition.

Thanks for your post people don’t normally talk about the “Disability Fascination” community and the inter and intra-action of its subgroups. I think just beginning to acknowledge it is the first step towards building a stronger, more accepting, and more cohesive community.

]]> By: jen http://transabled.org/thoughts/the-disability-inside.htm/comment-page-1#comment-821 jen Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:39:29 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/the-disability-inside.htm#comment-821 As long as I know someone is a pretender or has BIID, that's fine by me. This has gotten an unpopular response on paradevo as well, but hey, this is my preference. I know people with BIID who have days, too, when they don't want to be in the chair or on crutches. But this is how they've chosen to go forward in their lives and they don't have an easy escape from it. I have a zero tolerance policy for anyone who pretends and doesn't let it be known. No, I don't expect someone to wheel up to me out of the blue and say, oh, btw, just pretending here. But the amount of pretenders on boards who never own up to it and instead are outed is just amazing to me. As long as I know someone is a pretender or has BIID, that’s fine by me. This has gotten an unpopular response on paradevo as well, but hey, this is my preference.

I know people with BIID who have days, too, when they don’t want to be in the chair or on crutches. But this is how they’ve chosen to go forward in their lives and they don’t have an easy escape from it.

I have a zero tolerance policy for anyone who pretends and doesn’t let it be known. No, I don’t expect someone to wheel up to me out of the blue and say, oh, btw, just pretending here. But the amount of pretenders on boards who never own up to it and instead are outed is just amazing to me.

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