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mood: raw
Voiceless Life
I grew up without a voice. Not because I could not speak but because nobody was listening for mine. Every adult around me had already decided who I was.
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mood: frustrated
Medically Imbalanced
The history of medicine is a history of mislabeling things, getting it wrong, correcting the record, and then getting it wrong again in a new way. And it is not just history. It is happening right now. To me.
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mood: reflective
Accommodations: Child Me vs Adult Me
I needed accommodations as a kid. That is just a fact. But the way it played out taught me that asking for help means being seen as less than.
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mood: educational
Cleft Lip and Palate 101: What Everyone Should Know
What a cleft lip and palate actually is, from someone who has lived it for over 20 years.
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