[applause] Growing up, kids often pointed out the differences in the way my face looked before they ever got to know me. Eventually, those comments became more specific. Why is your face drooping.Why do you look so weird. But these weren't whispers or side comments. They were spoken openly to me long before I even had the words to respond.I was born with seventh cranial nerve palsy, a condition that paralyzes the muscles on one side of my face. For reference, here's what I looked like then. It was around fi ...