So September is yet another Month, this time Craniofacial Acceptance Month. Yay?
One of the major, more established international craniofacial organizations mysteriously chose
#LookBeyondMyFace
As their tag line for this year. Headdesk moment. At least for me.
Isn’t acceptance looking at, not beyond?
Isn’t acceptance seeing the whole person, not ignoring something that’s a major part of them?
The politically correct thing, I guess, is to pretend that differences don’t matter, or aren’t consequential. But that is a complete fallacy. They matter.
A true acceptance or awareness campaign needs to acknowledge that they matter, not necessarily in a negative way. Mattering can be positive, too.
So that’s my hope, that sometime we can look at, not beyond, facial differences…
(Bracelet pic is a song lyric, I see you. I thought it was appropriate.)
Natalie Abbott 