(Quoted with permission.)
"I specifically came up with this name in order to be parallel with the term “Gender Identity Disorder”, which I believe is at least conceptually related to BIID. ”Gender Identity Disorder” implies that there is a disorder in the establishment of gender identity. The name “BIID” assumes that there is an analogous function called “body integrity identity” and that it is disordered in BIID in the sense that it deviates from anatomical reality."
Dr. First continues, "When I did my original study, I did interview two people who wanted to be paraplegic using my amputation-focussed interview (changed the questions from amputation to paraplegia) and the paraplegia version seems pretty much the same as the amputee version. Of course, since I only interviewed two people this is a bit speculatiive." -
As cited by Sean O'Connor http://transabled.org/thoughts/an-email-exchange-with-dr-first-about-biid.htm
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