“for me, it can be hard to talk about people with biid and having biid because of the lack of an adjective describing us — the best we have is “pwbiid” (person/people with biid) and like… “biidic”, or something. sure, “xenomelic” is a term, but it doesn’t really describe those who do not want amputations. “transabled” is an incredibly controversial term that many, including myself, are not comfortable using.

so, i was thinking — how about the term “diagabled”? this stems from the term “diagable”, pronounced as /daɪæɡeɪbəl/.

diagable primarily comes from “dia-“ + “able”. “dia-“ becomes “di-“ in front of vowels, but because “diable” looks too similar to “disable”, and initially reads more like “two ables” or “both able”, it’s not the best term.

because of these problems, i used the words “diagonal” and “diagnosis” to add the consonant g. i used the word “diagonal” because a diagonal line connects two nonadjacent points, representing our desire to have some kind of physical disability. the word “diagnosis” is used for a more important reason — as a reminder that biid is a diagnosis. biid is a type of neurodivergency, and is not a choice. we don’t want disabilities for ~funsies~ or for ~clout~ or for ~privilege points~, it is because of our biid, which is a DIAGNOSIS.

thoughts? it’s perfectly fine to respond if you don’t have biid, just mention that you don’t have it and don’t be ableist.”

Posted by biidjosuke on September 5, 2022.