Chloe Jennings-White, 58, isn't disabled but hopes for an accident that will cause her to lose the use of her legs. At first glance, Chloe Jennings-White seems to be living a dream life. The 58-year-old research scientist has a beautiful home in West Bountiful, Utah, a Ph.D in Chemistry and degrees from Cambridge and Stanford Universities. She enjoys skiing and is happily married. However, Jennings-White wants something she does not yet have. She wants to be permanently paralyzed. Jennings-White suffers from "Body Integrity Identity Disorder" (BIID), a psychological condition where sufferers do not accept one of their own limbs and seek to amputate them or become paraplegic. "When I’m in the...
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