I Made Myself Blind: Living With BIID

FOR most people becoming blind would be a living nightmare - but for Jewel Shuping it was the fulfilment of a lifelong dream. Jewel, 30, from North Carolina, USA, has Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), a condition in which able-bodied people believe they are meant to be disabled. Her need to lose her sight was so strong that in 2006 she decided to blind herself - by having a sympathetic psychologist pour DRAIN CLEANER into her eyes. 

Videographer / Director: Ruaridh Connellan
Producer: Tom Midlane, Nick Johnson
Editor: Sonia Estal, Ian Phillips