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This program shows how a support team consisting of a plastic surgeon, orthodontist, general dentist, logopedist, dental surgeon, otorhinolaryngologist, and a social worker cooperate to provide help for children and families of children born with this condition. The various types of schisis (formerly, harelip) are shown before and after operations, which are described through animation.
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Young Shandra lives with her family in a village that borders the jungle in Congo, Africa. When God made little Shandra, her upper lip was divided in two. Shandra dreams of having a big, beautiful smile and playing with the other children, but she is timid and wary because her smile is so different. Her mother and father hear of an operation that can fix her lip and let her travel to America with a kind doctor and his wife. Once deep in the South...
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Zulaikha, a thirteen-year-old girl in Afghanistan, faces a series of frightening but exhilirating changes in her life as she defies her father and secretly meets with an old woman who teaches her to read, her older sister gets married, and American troops offer her surgery to fix her disfiguring cleft lip.
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Facial Anomalies: Just Like You shares the perspective of courageous children living with facial anomalies who are not defined or limited by their conditions. The stars of the film tell their real-life stories, explaining what it’s like to live with facial paralysis, lymphangioma, and other conditions. Like the book and upcoming movie Wonder, they show courage as they earn empathy and understanding.
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