· Updated January 16, 2025 12:02 AM · 4 min read read
Last week, the New York Post ran a feature story titled "I poured drain cleaner in my eyes to blind myself." In this disturbing story, a young woman named Jewel Shuping describes her struggle with what has come to be called "body integrity identity disorder" (BIID) — a condition in which able-bodied people are certain that they "should have" a disability. BIID is a fairly obscure disorder, but its sufferers demand extreme remedies. In some notable cases, people have insisted that they should be
Last week, the New York Post ran a feature story titled "I poured drain cleaner in my eyes to blind myself." In this disturbing story, a young woman named Jewel Shuping describes her struggle with what has come to be called "body integrity identity disorder" (BIID) — a condition in which able-bodied people are certain that they "should have" a disability. BIID is a fairly obscure disorder, but its sufferers demand extreme remedies. In some notable cases, people have insisted that they should be…
