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On this page you will find help if your family, friend or significant other of a person living with a facial disfigurement.
DID YOU KNOW?
People living with facial disfigurement are often stared at, avoided, seen to be
intellectually impaired, have less friends, and are viewed by the media as either evil (most villains have a facial scar to depict them as dangerous) or inspirational depending on the 'severity' of the facial disfigurement.
Family, Significant other & Friends of people living with facial disfigurement
Sometimes it is difficult to find the right words. Other times, it is hard to know what to say. Sometimes we know we speak words of advice, which comes with good intentions, only to be taken badly and us unaware of why.
Living with facial disfigurement is difficult. Living alongside a loved one who has a facial disfigurement can often be difficult for several reasons.
When you are out and about with your loved one living with facial disfigurement, do you feel people:
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Stare
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Avoid you
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Make rude jokes
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Isolate you
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You have less friends
These and more are common experiences that significant others and family of people living with facial disfigurement experience. It ought not to be. But sadly it is.
Do you feel:
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Angry at the situation
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Withdraw yourself from your loved one
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Isolated and not sure in how to help yourself or them?
HOW WE AT KARIBU ANAWIM ASSIST FAMILY, SIGNIFICANT OTHERS & FRIENDS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT
Run workshops
Talk face to face
Counselling 1:1
Facilitate support groups
Educate ourselves and others
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