THINKING ABOUT BRAIN IN ANALOGIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FASD CHANGEMAKERS – Part 3 of 3
ANXIETY – Anxiety is like being trapped in an Escape Room game played in the dark, being unable to use (because you are not allowed
ANXIETY – Anxiety is like being trapped in an Escape Room game played in the dark, being unable to use (because you are not allowed
UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE – Game of Charades Most people with FASD are good at language output – at talking – but very poor at interpretation –
Last year, 2022, Kat Griffin (another member of the ALC of FASD Changemakers) and I did a plenary keynote at a conference on FASD and
“Shame should be reserved for the things we choose to do, not the circumstances life puts on us” *Ann Patchett* “Shame is the lie someone
When the Adult Leadership Collaborative (ALC) of FASD Changemakers did our second Lay of the Land Survey on Quality of Life for Adults with FASD,
“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce.” Thich Nhat Hanh I wrote this blog originally as the
“Our stories are not meant for everyone. Hearing them is a privilege, and we should always ask ourselves this before we share: “Who has earned
ORIGIN STORIES AND DESTINATIONS – DO THEY MATTER? “There’s a story behind everything. How a picture got on a wall. How a scar got on
I want to tell you all a story. Trust me, this story leads into my blog subject on memory, and things related to my memory
As a person with FASD I never saw myself represented in television or books. The closest character I could relate to was Amelia Bedelia because
On May 30th of this year, I was asked, along with Kat Griffin, to give the annual Salzberg Memorial Ethics Lecture for the Provincial Health
Picture an air filter. What does it do? It stops all the dust and bits from entering your home and filling your house and body
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