Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week 2022

Mon 31 Oct – Sun 6 Nov 2022 was Cleft Awareness Week in New Zealand. Each day during Cleft Awareness Week, I shared a post, interview or presentation about cleft lip and palate with you to help share some of the lesser-known aspects of living with cleft!

Whatever your background, I hope that you find it interesting, and that you learn something about Aotearoa’s most common facial birth difference that affects 1 in 600 people in New Zealand (that’s around three new babies born with cleft every week across the motu).

Make sure to check back here each day or on Twitter for the daily update!

Kia ora, it's day 1 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! Each day, I'll share some of my personal or professional cleft experiences. First up, a throwback to a 2018 interview with @ionawallacex on @BBCRadioScot about cleft in adulthood. https://t.co/8D4Z8xQpHa #CleftAware
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) October 30, 2022

It's day 2 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! Today, I share a @CLAPACOMMUNITY #CleftTalk podcast on Genetics & Having Children – it's a really interesting episode for anyone wondering about how cleft is passed on. #CleftAware https://t.co/Eq6MYMEA3C
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) October 31, 2022

It's day 3 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! Today, I share with you some of my thoughts that would've helped me make some of those important treatment decisions and the questions that you might not think to ask! #CleftAware https://t.co/BWKgcBoSBV
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) November 1, 2022

It's day 4 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! Today, in a Throwback Thursday I'd like to share with you a different perspective – my Mum's perspective. In this post, my mum reflects back on what the cleft journey was like for her. #CleftAware #TBT https://t.co/9x3lWjWiTT
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) November 2, 2022

It's day 5 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! Today, I'm sharing one of my fave episodes of @CLAPACOMMUNITY #CleftTalk where Nicky & I break down taboos when we talk with @NickSharratt & Julia Cadogan about the impact of cleft on Kissing, Sex & Intimacy!😘 https://t.co/1xwkkRdzoY
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) November 3, 2022

It's day 6 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! In today's post, I share with you what it's like to have a residual fistula – something that is not uncommon for people who were born with cleft. It even explains why I've been known to serve penne bolognaise! https://t.co/nYCrMpc0lR
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) November 4, 2022

It's day 7 of Aotearoa Cleft Awareness Week! For the final day, today I'm sharing my experience at the recent @EdinCleft2022 Congress in Scotland back in July this year – it was a huge privilege to share my research, but also to represent patient voice. https://t.co/pbltU1WzAp
— Kenny Ardouin (@kennyardouin) November 5, 2022

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