Becoming disabled by choice, not chance: ‘Transabled’ people feel like impostors in their fully...

nationalpost.com ^ | June 2, 2015 | Sarah Boesveld

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Full Title: Becoming disabled by choice, not chance: ‘Transabled’ people feel like impostors in their fully working bodies

OTTAWA — When he cut off his right arm with a “very sharp power tool,” a man who now calls himself One Hand Jason let everyone believe it was an accident.

But he had for months tried different means of cutting and crushing the limb that never quite felt like his own, training himself on first aid so he wouldn’t bleed to death, even practicing on animal parts sourced from a butcher.

“My goal was to get the job done with no hope of reconstruction or re-attachment, and I wanted some method that I could actually bring myself to do,” he told the body modification website ModBlog.

His goal was to become disabled.

People like Jason have been classified as ‘‘transabled’’ — feeling like imposters in their bodies, their arms and legs in full working order.

“We define transability as the desire or the need for a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment,” says Alexandre Baril, a Quebec born academic who will present on “transability” at this week’s Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Ottawa.

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Just when you thought the world couldn't get more sick, another mentally ill, obsessive, narcissist class demands attention.

Scotty, beam me up!

[a fool in paradise]

There was a documentary on PBS years ago about a lesbian couple (who were deaf) and they conspired to conceive a daughter who would be deaf from birth.

Yes this “lifestyle choice” thing is out of hand, some deliberately harm those around them for their own amusement and personal drama play.

[doc1019]

There was an episode of CSI: NY that covered this disorder IIRC.

[Flick Lives]

Recommend planet be quarantined. No further observation warented. Population dangerous, unstable, primitive, delusional.

Requesting immediate evac.

[WKTimpco]

These people absolutely *must*
get disability for the rest
of their lives! /s

[Politicalkiddo]

I am so freaking done. I can’t even...

[headsonpikes]

What an inspirational human interest story!

You’d have to have a heart of stone not to laugh out loud at this idiot and his professional enablers.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“Alexandre Baril, a Quebec born academic who will present on “transability” at this week’s Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Ottawa”

Only academia could try to make this sound somewhat normal. Anybody who does this is F’n nuts and the academics who call it a “syndrome” to provide cover for this behavior are close behind in the “nuts” department.

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>> People like Jason have been classified as ‘‘transabled’’ <<

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I classify them as insane fools.
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Or just Vomit!
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Any idea who has the Canadian Ping list?

[antidisestablishment]

So, the dude’s into a little DIY. How transphobic can you get? /s

Really, is this any different than Jenner? Just becuase “doctors” cut off perfectly good body parts or kill innocent children in sterile environments doesn’t make the acts any less barbaric.

[Disambiguator]

This is just like “white guilt,” only taken to a whole new level.

[ogen hal]

Soon normal will be abnormal. Maybe it already is? Thanks lefty losers.

[Kozak]

Fine, BUT NO CHECK FOR YOU!

[Our man in washington]

I think I should go into business as a counselor for the coming “transintelligence” movement:

MY PATIENT: People look at me as a smart person, but deep inside, I’m really stupid. How can I get society to accept me?

ME: Now, now. Don’t cry. You’re in touch with your true self. You really are very stupid. And deep down, the people around you know it. You need to “come out” and admit your lack of brains. People will think of you the same way they always have.

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as a counselor for the coming “transintelligence” movement:

Unfortunately, the movement has been upon us now for at least a generation; just now going full-bore whacko insane.

[wku man]

"Only academia could try to make this sound somewhat normal. Anybody who does this is F’n nuts and the academics who call it a “syndrome” to provide cover for this behavior are close behind in the “nuts” department."

40 years ago, the same could've been said about homos. 40 years from now, unless we quit flapping our gums and start fighting back, sh*t like this will be considered "normal".

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[taxcontrol]

The general consensus is that these people are crazy and need professional help. However, those that chop off their genitalia are “normal” and just living an “alternate lifestyle”.

Crazy world.

[tophat9000]

But clearly they are already mentally handicapped