Living with FASD

Living with FASD is a human interest and educational show for those living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, and the people who support them, by someone with both professional and living experience with an FASD. This week on Living with FASD, my Candid Conversation is with Rebecca Tillou, who I first met in collaboration on my book project (Sip by Sip: Candid Conversations with People Diagnos...

Living with FASD is a human interest and educational show for people living with, or caring for those with, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, by someone with both professional and living experience with an FASD. In this week's Candid Conversation, I talk Kenny LaJoy, author of It's Okay to be You: Living Well with FASD or other Disabilities. Kenny is a remarkable young man, author, entrepreneur, a...

Welcome to another episode of Living with FASD: Candid Conversations with Patti Kasper! This is the only podcast for adults living with FASD by someone living with FASD (that I know of). This week, I welcome the return of Dr. Jerrod Brown back to Living with FASD. Jerrod Brown, Ph. D., M.A., M.S., M.S., M.S., is a professor, trainer, researcher, and consultant with multiple years of experience tea...

Living with FASD: Candid Conversations with Patti Kasper, is a human interest and educational for those affected by prenatal exposure to alcohol and their families, by someone with both professional and living experience with an Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. In this week's episode of Living with FASD, my special guest is Jenn Wisdahl, the Chief Operating Officer of FASD United, who sat down wit...

Welcome back to Living with FASD: Candid Conversations with Patti Kasper. First, a note to my listeners. I accidentally recorded to the Zoom Cloud, rather than my computer, and for some reason unknown to me, the audio file could not be loaded to create the episode... so elements you have become accustomed to in the first 7 episodes (show intro, transition music, guest intro, candid conversation, t...

Welcome to another episode of Living with FASD. Today's episode features two members of the Adult Leadership Collaborative of the FASD Changemakers International : Emily Hargrove and, returning to the Living with FASD microphone, Gina Schumaker. Emily and Gina were among several of the ALC who attended the recent FASD Summit in New Orleans. Emily Hargrove is a PhD candidate, APPA accredited philos...

Nate Sheets is an FASD behavior consultant and parent coach with 15 years of experience working with neurodivergent people of all ages and their families. He developed the Cognitive Supports (TM) framework after taking a personal interest in cognitive neuroscience and neurodiversity. In this Candid Conversation, Nate and I talk about his newly released book, Essential FASD Supports: Understanding...

This week I am joined by Miranda Bezell, a portrait, landscape and wildlife photographer, who was diagnosed with FASD at the age of fourteen, but only began to understand the complexities of what that means in her life in October 2021 when she discovered the FASD online community. The power of feeling seen and heard for the first time motivated her to become an FASD advocate, which she has been do...

Living with FASD podcast is an educational and human interest show with the purpose of educating listeners not only about facts and aspects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, but also of conveying the experiences of living with FASD, through candid conversations with a variety of people, many of whom are also living with FASD. This week's Candid Conversation is with Dr. Jerrod Brown. Jerrod Brow...

Living with FASD Podcast is a show that brings education and discussion of FASD from the lens of someone living with and professionally working with those who have been impacted by prenatal exposure to alcohol. This week, we are THRILLED to bring you our candid conversation with FASD Hope’s Natalie Vecchione. Natalie Vecchione is a FASD parent advocate, podcaster, author…..and most importantly a w...

This week, we welcome Gina Schumaker, a Board Member with the Alaska Center for FASD and a member of the Adult Leadership Committee of the FASD Changemakers International. We cover many topics in our conversation that we're sure listeners will relate to. Gina is a self-advocate for living with FASD and recently met with the representatives and senators in Juneau along with others from the Alaska C...

Summary: In our first episode of Living with FASD: Candid Conversations with Wisdom, Humor & Compassion, Patti Kasper and Dr. Kathryn Page welcome and invite listeners to get to know us as your hosts. We talk about how we connected with one another and began the adventure of this podcast. We talk about our professional backgrounds as well as our own FASD journeys. We introduce a few of the man...