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Cleft Lip and Palate 101: What Everyone Should Know
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The Mental Load of Being 'Different' in Multiple Ways
The cognitive burden of managing ADHD, visible differences, speech issues, and depression simultaneously.
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Sounding 16 at 30: The Voice That Betrays My Experience
How speech patterns from cleft repair create ongoing social challenges and assumptions about competence.
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When the System Fails the Vulnerable: A Mother's Trust and a Child's Price
The story of how a scared new mother's trust was exploited, and how that early medical trauma continues to shape my advocacy for proper healthcare today.
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