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Josh is a 17 year old student studying for a BTEC in engineering. He was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate and has undergone surgery as a child and teenager. He enjoys heavy metal music and regularly goes to gigs.
Josh is 17 years old and a BTEC engineering student. Ethic background: White British
Maria's daughter was born with a cleft of the soft palate that was not diagnosed until 24 hours after birth. Maria's daughter was not able to latch to breastfeed and this led to the diagnosis of the cleft palate. Maria and her daughter also have Stickler's syndrome, a condition associated with cleft.
Maria is a primary school teacher. She is married and has a son aged 5 and a daughter of 2 years. Ethnic background: Chinese (Other)
Mary was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate and has an unrelated genetic condition, skeletal dysplasia. Mary is a graduate and has followed a career in education as a teacher, and she has an interest in science, travelling and crafts.
Mary is single, a graduate and has followed a career in education as a teacher. Ethnic background: White Irish
Iona is a trainee nurse and was born with a cleft palate and lip pits. She had her palate repaired as an infant and her lip pits were corrected as a teenager. She has also recently had orthognathic surgery to improve her jaw alignment.
Iona is single, and is currently studying nursing at university. Ethic background: White British
Jon was born with a cleft lip and palate. He is a graduate and currently works as a freelance producer of arts and events. Jon is also involved with the CLAPA Adult Voices network for adults born with cleft.
Jon is single, a graduate and works as a freelance arts and events producer. Ethnic background: White British
Mary's second son was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. He is now 12 years old. Mary's husband also has a cleft lip and palate.
Mary is a homemaker and works voluntarily for a cleft charity. She is married with two sons of 15 and 12 years. Ethnic background: White Australian
Della has a 4-year-old daughter and a 14-month-old son. Both of her children were born with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS) and Stickler's syndrome. Both conditions are associated with cleft palate, and both children were born with cleft palate.
Della is single, a homemaker and mother of a daughter and a son. Ethnic background: White British
Andrew and Diane were informed by a sonographer that their son had a cleft lip at their 20-week scan. When their son was born it was clear that he also had a cleft palate.
Andrew and Diane are married and have a 2-year-old son. Andrew works full-time as a scrutiny officer for a housing association and Diane works part-time as an administrator for a...
Karan was born with a cleft palate and underwent plastic surgery at 6 months old, again at 5 years old and again at 10 years of age. She had orthodontic surgery at 20 years old. Karan has recently undergone further surgery to realign her jaw as she was not happy with her appearance.
Karan is currently self-employed, works voluntarily as a street pastor, and is married with a teenage son. Ethnic background: White British
Ryerson was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. He is Canadian-born but currently lives in the UK, where he is a university lecturer in politics. Much of Ryerson's cleft treatment was undertaken when he was a child in Canada, but he has had additional treatment as an adult in the UK.
Ryerson is a university lecturer, is married and has no children. Ryerson was born in Canada but now lives in the UK.
