transability

trans- +‎ ability

transability (uncountable)

1. The desire or need of a person identified as able-bodied by other people to transform his or her body to obtain a physical impairment
   • 2015, Susan Antebi, Beth E. Jörgensen, Libre Acceso: Latin American Literature and Film through Disability Studies:

     Ultimately, the Morini/Johns encounter strikes a parallel with the conversation surrounding the idea of transability. On the subject of transability, Bethany Stevens writes, "Transabled people are individuals who need to acquire a physical impairment despite having been born or living in physically unimpaired bodies" ("Interrogating Transability").

• transabled
• body integrity identity disorder