Synopsis

Amber, known as “Jewel” Shuping, gained international attention when she deliberately blinded herself by pouring drain cleaner into her eyes. Jewel explains that she has dreamed of blindness since childhood, identifying with a condition called Body Integrity Identity Disorder, which compels otherwise healthy individuals to feel a sense of inherent need for disability. She describes a deep aversion to opening her eyes each day, and as a teenager frequently feigned blindness, sometimes using a whi