Q&A About CLAPA Interpersonal Relationship Experiences Paper
In February 2021, as part of CLAPA’s Adult Services Project, we published our paper on Interpersonal Relationship Experiences in the Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal (CPCJ).
Category: Cleft Lip and Palate
Participate in Research: How do Speech Characteristics in Cleft Impact Long-Term Vocational and Social Life Choices/Opportunities?
Data collection for this study has now closed. Thank you very much to everyone who took part. I look forward to sharing findings in due course.
Q&A About CLAPA Physical Health Paper
In July 2020, as part of CLAPA’s Adult Services Project, we published our paper on Physical Health in the Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal (CPCJ).
Q&A About CLAPA Emotional Wellbeing Paper
In January 2020, as part of CLAPA’s Adult Services Project, we published our paper on Emotional Wellbeing in the Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal (CPCJ).
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on my international work in 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 has resulted in unprecedented lockdowns and travel restrictions. In a year that had significant international plans across multiple continents, this will ultimately result in some impacts on this work.
Haere rā London
After an incredible two years living and working in London, I am leaving Britain with a heavy (and full) heart, but also looking forward to taking up new opportunities back in my adopted homeland.
10 Years in 10 Photos: A Decade in Review
As we approach the turn of the decade, for this year’s “Year in Review” blog, I look back on the last decade with 10 of my most poignant photos of the 2010s.
Santa Run – Bexhill, 1 Dec 2019
Well it’s been a number of years since I’ve run for anything other than a bus, plane or train, but this December once again I’m donning a Santa suit and heading back to East Sussex where my journey all began to support CLAPA.
12 Songs You Never Realised Were About Jaw Surgery 🤔
In 2014, I don’t know about you, but I was feeling 22. However, far from the carefree attitude of Taylor Swift, I had a lot on my mind that year as it was the year of my jaw surgery, something that was never far from the front of my mind. At the same time, I was busy with my third year of Uni, working as the CEO of Cleft NZ, working in tech support at TalkLink, and doing my best to be a functional adult in the flatting world.
Cleft Awareness Week 2019: Mum’s Story
“Congratulations you have a boy! He has a bit of a harelip, but looks otherwise healthy.”
I can’t describe the shock that I felt then. This wasn’t how it was meant to be. None of the books or antenatal classes prepared us for this. My head was in a spin wondering what this meant for our future and our baby’s future. I knew what a ‘harelip’ was, but I’d never known anyone with the condition.
My involvement with the 1 in 700 Project
Important note: This article relates to my personal involvement with the project in Australia in early 2018. It does not relate to any involvement by any of my past or present employers located in other countries.
Ladybeard/Dazed Beauty Photoshoot
Having been born with a visual difference has made me appreciate beauty in its many forms, and the fact that beauty is everywhere we look, we simply need only to open our eyes to it, and expand our minds beyond traditional stereotyped concepts of beauty. True beauty is all around, it’s the person across from you on the morning tube who catches your gaze and flashes you a smile, it’s your friend who spots you coming towards them and beams a welcoming grin, it’s your workmate smiling and greeting you on a Monday morning, it’s a family member’s open arms after a long journey home. I hope that rather than aspire to be like somebody else, we see our own beauty in the mirror and feel encouraged to embrace being ourselves because no-one else can do you quite like you.
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