Meet Elizabeth (Anne) Russell. She is the founder of The Russell Family Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Association. Anne is also the birth mother of two individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum disorder(FASD).
This is a raw and powerful story of a birth mom who went from feeling “absolute, crushing anguish and unbearable grief” to helping save lives through her determination to raise FASD awareness through research, advocacy, publishing a book, training and speaking and forming the first FASD organization founded by a birth mom – in effect saving lives.
In this episode, Anne shares that despite all we know about pregnancy and alcohol, there is more stigma, blame and shame then there ever has been before. She offers some practical advice to birth moms about:
1. How to look after yourself
2. How to help your child
3. Dealing with depression and anxiety
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#091 Danna Ormstrup: Helping Schools Understand Your Kids And FASD
#090 Dr. Peter Choate: Trauma, FASD and Prevention
#089 Laurie Whyte: The Value of Vulnerability
#088 Jennifer Wisdahl: Leading the Way in the U.S.A
#087 Ngaire Meadows: No Physical Aggression in a Year!
#086 Kelly Rosenbender: From Struggling Single Mom to Informed and Confident Advocate
#085 Chandra and Jordan Smith: The Power of Same Page Parenting
#084 Angelene Bruce: Throwing FASD Stigma out the Window
#083 Angela Geddes: FASD: A Complicated & Beautiful Brain
#082 Jo Garofalo: FASD The Hidden Disability.
#081 Natalie and Cindy: How to Homeschool
#080 Dr Raja Mukherjee: What Happens When We Never Give up on FASD
#079 Audrey McFarlane: FASD Month, Advocacy and Strategies
#078 Emmaus Holder: An Epic FASD Journey Across America
#077 The importance of an FASD community
#076 The Bofenkamps: An FASD Family Divided Then United
#075 Wine Mom Culture and FASD Prevention
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