Please remember you can search our blog by keywords and categories from the sidebar. Thanks for reading! A note on language: we have been learning and growing as this journey has unfolded. For example, we first started off using anonymous twitter handles of “FASD_Mum” and “FASD_Dad”. That was before we met parents who themselves have FASD. We have changed those handles now to SB_FASD and MB_FASD. We are learning more and more every day about how to discuss these issues with respect and dignity for all. We welcome discussions on ways to improve.
SB’s Favourite Post
Company’s Coming, 18 May 2016
MB’s Favourite Post
An Epic Experience, 23 April 2016
Most Viewed Posts/Pages
Please note this is skewed in favour of earlier posts because Facebook changed its algorithms in 2017 resulting in a decrease in views overall for those who don’t pay for promoting posts.
#1 – It’s not worth the risk, 5 February 2016
#2 – FASD Role Models, this isn’t a post but a page that has received widespread interest as it features adults with FASD who are doing wonderful things
#3 – FASD Meltdowns, 8 March 2016
#4 – The Brain and FASD
#5 – A Timely Reminder About Dysregulation & FASD, 4 March 2017
#6 – 34 – A Number Key to FASD Awareness, 5 September 2016
#7 – Thank You Teachers! But Did You Really Understand Me and My FASD? 9 July 2016
#8 – Sensational Media Hurts Those With FASD, 28 December 2016
#9 Extended Family – Please Support, Don’t Judge FASD Parenting, 25 September 2016
#10 – The Most Powerful Video on FASD We Have Seen, 7 December 2015
Chronological Order
Teachers, It’s Not His Attitude, It’s His FASD, 22 November 2019
The Lonely Parent, 29 September 2019
FASD Day – Sharing Hope on the 9th Day of the 9th Month, 9 September 2019
The Slime Whisperer, 24 August 2019
Be Angry, But Not at Those with FASD, 22 June 2019
Seeing What is Not Seen in the SEND Debate: FASD, 31 May 2019
When Going for a Walk is a Radical Act, 25 May 2019
25 Years After My Mom Died, 12 May 2019
Thank You Pip Williams, 27 April 2019
Where’s Our Empathy for Those with FASD? 13 April 2019
A Bug, BRAT and Hope, 7 April 2019
Slow It Down and Listen, 10 March 2019
A Dream to Help Me Cope With Anything, 24 February 2019
When the Flu Isn’t Just the Flu – What Happens When an FASD Caregiver Can’t Cope?, 15 February 2019
Doing the FASD Time Warp, 1 January 2019
The Run Up To Christmas is Difficult for Children with FASD, 15 December 2018
Clearing Shelves Stacked with Someone Else’s Dreams, 18 November 2019
An Open Letter to Prince Harry and Meghan (and every parent-to-be), 3 November 2018
Be an Adopter, 17 October 2018
FASD, Teens & Technology – What’s a Parent to Do? 3 October 2018
Shifting Sands, 15 August 2018
Holidays Are Not Vacations, 27 July 2018
Gender Identity, FASD and Parenting in Uncharted Waters, 16 July 2018
Begging for Support, 23 June 2018
Always On – Hypervigilance and FASD, 10 June 2018
This Parent-Advocate Celebrates Messy Trails and Snails, 26 May 2018
Airing Dirty Laundry, 12 May 2018
Take Care, 7 May 2018
Crunch Time – Beyond Broken Doors and Dreams, 8 April 2018
Our Nine Million Moments of Marriage, 25 March 2018
FASD: Rethinking ‘Learned Helplessness’ & Empowerment, 8 March 2018
Nothing’s ‘Common’ About a Cold in this FASD Household, 25 February 2018
FASD – Not All News is Good News: Speculation about the Florida Shooter is Divisive, 17 February 2018
Food in an FASD Family, 4 February 2018
No Going Back, 20 January 2018
Trusting Joy, 31 December 2017
Father Christmas Finds It Hard, 18 December 2017
RIP Sir Noel, The Christmas Dog – An FASD Love Story, 25 November 2017
Tears, Support and Bloody-Mindedness, 19 November 2017
Raising a Child With FASD Has Made Us A Stronger Couple, 3 November 2017
Mother enough? 24 October 2017
Small Change Adds Up, 20 October 2017
Slime, Enchantment and FASD, 7 October 2017
Four Letter Words for Help – FASD, 28 September 2017
FASD Awareness Day is Every Day, 9 September 2017
Dear GPS: Show Me the Positive Route, 31 August 2017
Yes! Follow THEIR Dreams, Not Yours, 31 July 2017
A Super Teen with FASD, 23 July 2017
Fighting Fear, 29 June 2017
Ready for the Reset, 17 June 2017
A Shout Out To Our Friends (Yes, That Means You), 21 May 2017
Lower the Drawbridge, 7 May 2017
The Same Child Shines When Seen Through a Different Prism, 29 April 2017
Old Photos and the FASD We Didn’t See, 15 April 2017
When a School Rocks, 31 March 2017
Finally! 18 March 2017
A Timely Reminder About Dysregulation & FASD, 4 March 2017
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Damages Bones Too, 16 February 2017
Respecting Differences in Those With FASD, 28 January 2017
Dreamcatcher v. Mr. Orange Sun, 14 January 2017
Why a Broken Screen Can Make Me Feel Good, 7 January 2017
Sensational Media Hurts Those With FASD, 28 December 2016
Ten Tips for a Holly Jolly Christmas – Inclusion, FASD & That Christmas Dinner, 13 December 2016
Christmas Gift Ideas for Little Ones With FASD, 4 December 2016
FASD – Sometimes It’s a Puzzle, 1 December 2016
Coming Up for Air?, 12 November 2016
Gobsmacked, 5 November 2016
Extended Family, FASD, & Halloween Happiness, 25 October 2016
Adopting a Child With FASD, 22 October 2016
Defeat is the Enemy, 15 October 2016
Wrestling with “Death” is Tough for a Kid with FASD…and His Parents, 5 October 2016
He’s Too Special to Let Fail, 30 September 2016
Extended Family – Please Support, Don’t Judge FASD Parenting, 25 September 2016
Anxiety & FASD, 23 September 2016
FASD Awareness is Needed in Classrooms Every Day, 9 September 2016
34 – A Number Key to FASD Awareness, 5 September 2016
Calming Down by Melting Cheese & Getting Outside, 30 August 2016
There’s No Running Away from the Loss Every Adopted Child with FASD Feels, 27 August 2016
FASD Parents Have to Suit Up, 16 August 2016
When the News Hits Home – FASD & Forever Families, 3 August 2016
Extended Family Can Do Tiny Things To Help FASD Families Struggling This Holiday, 28 July 2016
Great Expectations – A Sensory Birthday Extravaganza, 24 July 2016
The Coming Summer Holidays Cause Anxiety For Our Son With FASD, 19 July 2016
Thank You Teachers! But Did You Really Understand Me and My FASD? 9 July 2016
SuperT – How to Go from Angry to Happy, 7 July 2016
Some Kindness Please, Brains are Involved, 25 June 2016
Reaching Out After an FASD Diagnosis, 19 June 2016
Expectations Versus Hope, 11 June 2016
Room Swap, Part One, 6 June 2016
Mother’s Day, Part Two, 8 May 2016
An Epic Experience, 23 April 2016
FASD Parents Don’t Get Sick Days, 18 April 2016
Stigma, 4 April 2016
The Power of Words, 31 March 2016
Playing with Fire, 26 March 2016
FASD Meltdowns, 8 March 2016
Mothering Sunday, 6 March 2016
FASD, ADHD & meds – what’s a parent to do?, 3 March 2016
Homework is evil, 23 February 2016
Some moments, 17 February 2016
A difficult conversation, 13 February 2016
It’s not worth the risk, 5 February 2016
A Working Mum Looking In From Afar, 1 February 2016
Extended family members can support the support, 29 January 2016
Vulnerability, 21 January 2016
“The Worst Day Ever”, 18 January 2016
INVOLVEMENT (An open letter to the extended families of a child with FASD), 15 January 2016
It’s Always Better Outside – Even on the Hardest of Days, 10 January 2016
No safe level – critics miss the point, 8 January 2016
A New Year’s Resolution on Parenting and FASD, 1 January 2016
I Hear the Pain of the FASD Community, 27 December 2015
Respite (verb): To Grant a Period of Temporary Relief, 20 December 2015 (Part 2 of 2)
Respite (noun): A Break from Something Difficult, 20 December 2015 (Part 1 of 2)
A Love Song for the Men My Boys Will Become, 11 December 2015
The Most Powerful Video on FASD We Have Seen, 7 December 2015
Tis the Season (for FASD Sensory Overload), 5 December 2015
Our Son with FASD Rocks, 28 November 2015
Our Son Struggles with FASD – Just Look into His Backpack, 24 November 2015
The Building Storm of an FASD Meltdown, 19 November 2015
Nothing is Routine with FASD, 17 November 2015
FASD & Playing Alone, 26 October 2015
I Know How That Dutch Boy Felt, 24 October 2015
FASD Affects Siblings Too, 17 October 2015
Beyond the Behaviors of FASD: How My Dying Parents Showed Me How to Love My Son, 17 October 2015
Communicating Through the Barriers of FASD, 10 October 2015
Ups, Downs, and FASD, 4 October 2015
Support and Resilience, 27 September 2015
FASD Awareness: The Day After, 10 September 2015
FASD Diagnosis: Awareness Means Compassion, 9 September 2015
Welcoming the new & needed All-Party Parliamentary Group on FASD, 30 June 2015
Forever Family, 28 June 2015
School Trip, 3 June 2015
Diagnosis, What Then? 22 April 2015
Hard Times, 21 April 2015
We Knew, 16 April 2015
Meltdowns, 14 April 2015
FASD: Learning with Hope 