FASD Elephant™ Podcast #018: “I Am Why… FASD Matters”

2014-04-27

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Hi and welcome to the March FASD Elephant Podcast! On March 24, 2014, MOFAS sponsored an FASD Matters Rally Day at the MN State Capitol to raise awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, provide education and statistics about FASD to lawmakers, and kick off the MOFAS FASD Prevention Awareness Campaign. Another great day and great advocacy effort of all the folks who showed up because FASD MATTERS! I interviewed eight rally attendees about Why FASD Matters to them and compiled their...

Hi and welcome to the March FASD Elephant Podcast!

On March 24, 2014, MOFAS sponsored an FASD Matters Rally Day at the MN State Capitol to raise awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, provide education and statistics about FASD to lawmakers, and kick off the MOFAS FASD Prevention Awareness Campaign. Another great day and great advocacy effort of all the folks who showed up because FASD MATTERS!

I interviewed eight rally attendees about Why FASD Matters to them and compiled their answers into today’s podcast. Unfortunately, the audio for two were lost–a professional and a parent who both had just had some great successes at IEP school meetings and helping school staff pay more attention to her daughter’s FASD and special needs.

However, we have great photos of them all and great stories from the other six: Emily Gunderson (MOFAS Communications Director), Lois Bickford (parent and long-time FASD advocate who was a starting Board Member of MOFAS), Barb Clark (MOFAS Family Resources Coordinator, parent, and fellow Blogger at Lord Grant Me Serenity), Alex Miller (FASD Youth Speaker) with his mom Laura and sister Torrie, Katie (Youth FASD Advocate) and her mom Ann, and Sue Terwey (MOFAS Family Engagement Director).

For more info, click to the main website: FASDElephant.com

Thanks! ~Michael Harris

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