Tagged with:Adult Stories
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Meet Andrew, CLAPA Peer Supporter
Peer supporter Andrew was born with a cleft lip and palate. He’s now trained to help others through our peer support service to talk through issues and experiences of living with cleft as an adult.
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Barry’s Story
Barry Jones, an adult born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, has shared his story with the CLAPA Community to inspire others to gain confidence in sharing theirs.
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Lucia’s Story: Share A Smile
Lucia is an adult who was born with a cleft lip and palate. She shared her story about the challenges she's overcome.
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Sophie’s Story
Sophie is an adult born with a cleft who shared her story about becoming more confident and overcoming challenges.
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Guest Blog: The History of Cleft in Literature
Laura was born with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate in 1984. She completed a PhD in 2013 which examined oral health in the early modern period and included a chapter focused on the history of cleft lip and palate. She was kind enough to share some of her findings about historical literature which included mentions of cleft in this guest blog.
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Julia’s Story
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The National Lottery Community Fund supports our Adults Services Project for the next three years.
CLAPA is delighted to announce that the National Lottery Community Fund has decided to support our Adults Services Project for the next three years starting today!
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Speech and Language Therapist Lucy Southby
My name is Lucy Southby. I am a speech and language therapist and a researcher; I can be known as a Clinical Academic Speech and Language Therapist.
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World Teen Mental Wellness Day
To raise awareness on World Teen Mental Wellness Day, we welcome our guest blogger Claudia who shares her experiences of mental health and self-care.
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Elissa and Sophia’s Story
Elissa, who works for FatFace, brought CLAPA to the attention of their company Foundation, winning them £750 to help fund our vital services.
