{"id":10144,"date":"2015-10-23T01:22:54","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T08:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=10144"},"modified":"2015-10-23T01:22:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T08:22:54","slug":"trans-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2015\/10\/23\/trans-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Believing that one’s body does not reflect who they “really” are is not limited to those with gender dysphasia, but extends to those who feel like they are at heart disabled, despite being perfectly healthy.<\/p>\n

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     One such mentally ill individual decided that she was not going to just feel disabled, she was going to make<\/em> herself disabled<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“A woman in North Carolina is attracting media attention for telling her story about pouring drain cleaner in her eyes because she identifies as a blind person.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy the time I was six I remember that thinking about being blind made me feel comfortable,\u201d she said. She fantasized constantly about losing her vision, and spent hours staring directly at the sun after her mother warned her that it would damage her eyes.<\/p>\n

“At first, Shuping simply pretended to be blind, going about with sunglasses on, her eyes closed, and using a cane to navigate. She also became fluent in braille. But after a while, that just wasn’t enough.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n