Transableism seems to be emerging as a more culturally accepted term for an extremely rare mental disorder called Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). The diagnosis, however, is not currently recognized in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as a mental disorder. It is not farfetched to imagine that this troubling “trend” of protected classes will also, at some point, include the governmental protection of those who want to purposely mutilate their bodies to achieve a long-desired disability.
Jørund Viktoria Alme is a transgender Norwegian man who always wanted to be a disabled woman. According to his Twitter profile, he is also a “wheelchair user due to a neurological condition called BID.” He is married with two children.