Being visibly invisible - A journey with cleft | Stacey Hussell | TEDxNHS

[applause] Look around. Who are you sitting next to today? Many people will choose not to sit next to someone with a visible difference. [snorts] Think about what that says. Not with words, but with silence, with avoidance, with rejection. One in five people in the UK identify as having a visible difference. That's millions of people. People like me. I'm Stacy. I was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palette. As a young child, I was happy and confident. But towards the end of primary school, I started to ...