FASD Communities

07/27/2026

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07/21/2026

Our residents joined a Special Olympics softball team.

07/10/2026

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Hear from Professor Raja Mukherjee MBE, FASD clinical expert, as he reflects on our new Cost of Inaction report, the inequity in support for people with FASD, and why he hopes this evidence can be the start of real, system-wide change.

🔗Link to the Cost of Inaction report in the comments

07/02/2026

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06/11/2026

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You can’t “discipline away” brain differences.
Connection teaches more than correction.

Behavior plans and consequences cannot erase a brain-based disability. Real growth happens when people feel safe, connected, and understood enough to try new skills with someone beside them, not just someone judging from afar.



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06/11/2026

Good read on FASD by Deb Evensen who has worked in these trenches for years and supported so many people

06/10/2026

“Because alcohol is a solvent, it dissolves a baby’s protective fatty layers surrounding every cell it contacts; therefore, it is considered a teratogen – a substance that changes the development of a fetus. Once cells are killed or altered, they stay that way. Just like a “do not disturb sign” on a door tells the hotel maid to keep going to the next room, so does an alcohol effected cell tell our cellular reproduction mechanisms to “keep on going” and skip over that part of a cell’s DNA. What does that mean? Instead of cell duplication being 100% accurate, subsequent cells are altered. This applies to whatever cells and systems are being developed throughout the body – not just the brain. So FASD is a whole-body diagnosis, not “just a behavioral issue.” It is also a life-long condition; our cells do not magically become wholly like the original one as soon as we become adults. We CAN still have incredible strengths, gifts and talents, and we can get very good at accommodating our challenges, so “lifelong” need not feel like a sentence to serve. Rather, it is our motivation to find the detours and workarounds to make our lives as full and beautiful as we would like. Start the conversation!” - Patricia Kasper