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FASD Awareness Month 2024
FASD Awareness Month Begins in…
Give FASD a Seat at the Table.
Every September, the FASD community gathers and gains momentum to advocate and educate in support of those living with FASD and those who care for them. This year, we’re ensuring FASD has a seat at the table throughout the 9th month and the 9th day (FASD Awareness Day).
Click Below to See Ways You Can Give FASD a Seat:
An Invitation to the Table
An Invitation to the Table: Everyone has something to bring to the table and an invitation!
Share Your Story
What have you experienced? Let us know by filling out the form below. If you’d like to participate in another way and share more, please visit our Glimpses of FASD short videos page.
An Opportunity for Community:
Run FASD 2024 events both virtual and in-person occur during September Awareness Month. We’d love to know your Run FASD Results or even just how you participated.
Click here to enter your results.
What someone with an FASD means to you:
The Stars for Starla program is a hopeful, positive program that honors FASD self-advocate Starla’s legacy by providing youth with FASD a recognition award mailed directly to them. This is a fantastic way to focus on the strengths and talents of individuals living with FASD.
Tell someone with an FASD that you appreciate their efforts here. Questions or concerns?
Together Around the Table
Together Around the Table: We’re stronger gathering as a community!
- Run FASD 2024 is an excellent way to gather with your community. Find out more about participating and even becoming a sponsor.
- FASD Impact Week 2024 provides an in-person meeting for advocacy. During this week, come to the Red Shoes Gala and rally around the work of FASD United.
- The International Seattle Research Conference 2025 is a safe space for FASD living experience experts and professionals to come together.
- Check out our Events calendar to see what you can participate in. You can add an FASD event to the calendar as well.
- Peer Support through Recovering Mothers Anonymous
- Learn more about the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) National Partner Network (NPN) collaborations.
Building a Bigger Table
Building a Bigger Table: Let’s include people and groups who may not know how they have a seat at the table.
- Participate in our weekly policy drop-ins and/or our monthly policy forums to learn more about the FASD climate.
- Find state resources and your legislator to contact them and advocate effectively.
- Learn more about The FASD Respect Act and what it entails for the community.
- Volunteer. Find out who the Affiliate is in your area and see if they have any volunteer work you can join.
- Invite someone else to the table using our informational Fact Sheets.
Setting the Table
Setting the Table: We have helped set the table, we just ask that you take a seat!
- FASD United’s 2024 Awareness Month Toolkit can be shared and downloaded.
- FASD United’s newly updated Fact Sheets are available to download and share.
- FASD United’s Resource and Informational Postcards are available to download and print.
- FASD United’s Resource Directory can help direct you to current resources.
Social Media Resources
Social media graphics to use this month:
- For Self-Advocates
- For Everyone
Social media captions to use this month:
Hashtags to use this month: #GiveFASDaSeat #FASD51 #SeatattheTable
#FASD #PAE #PSE #FASDAcceptance #NationalHealthPriority #FASDisNeurodiversity #FASDRespect #FASDAwareness #FASDAwarenessMonth #FASDInformed #FASDEducation #DevelopmentalDisabilities #Neurodiversity #FASDDiagnosis #RespectAct #RespectFASD #LivingExperience #FosterFASD #FASDCaregivers #FosterParents #PAE #EarlyIntervention #UniversalScreening #AcrossTheLifespan #FASDLifespan #1in20 #NotRare
Downloadable Zoom Backgrounds:
States
Want to know where and how you can get involved with FASD advocacy on a state level?
Click your state below to find resources in your area:
Get Involved with our Affiliate Network:
The primary goal of The Network is to unite organizations, associations, tribes, and other entities addressing FASDs into a national and international network. Our affiliates are involved in a wide range of unique areas and range in size and specialty.
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To Donate to FASD United:
Impact Week 2024
FASD Impact Week is a time for the FASD community to gather together in Washington D.C. for collaborative co-creation and celebration. We want to see you there!
The week features an FASD Symposium, Red Shoes Gala, Advocacy Day at Capitol Hill, and Partner’s Day.
FASD United’s Toolkit
Look through our comprehensive toolkit for ideas, resources, and guidance for this September.