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International Journal of Self Help and Self Care
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300316
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Number 3/1999-2000
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Activities of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association in the Kansai Area of Japan
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Chiemi Nakada
This article describes the activities and history of The Cleft Lip and Palate Association in the Kansai Area of Japan, a self help/mutual aid association consisting of children born with cleft lip and/or palate and their parents. After describing how the association was formed, this article details how it began to come under the control of a professionally-operated medical institution before ultimately managing to win independence. The meaning and significance of independence to the association will also be discussed.