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At MOFAS families are the inspiration behind what we do each day. The stories of families living with FASD motivate us just as they motivate, teach and inspire other families, health care and education professionals, legislators, law enforcement and judicial workers, and other members of our communities.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are often called “the invisible disability”. If you would like to add your family to our visible network of families living with FASD, please consider posting your story here. You must be a registered MOFAS Virtual Family Center member to submit a story.

People, including my mom, Lois, have always said there was something special about me. I’d like to think it’s because I am pretty, and loving and curious. But it could be because I have FASD. I was diagnosed when I was 13 years old.

Something that is important to me is helping other people better understand what FASD is. I want them to “understand how my brain” works. So I don’t mind it when people ask me questions. Actually, I like that.

What does frustrate me is when people don’t step back and hear what I am trying to say. Even when there is a new staff person at the group home where I live, the first thing I do is schedule a MOFAS training. Training is so important to help them understand how I process information.

~Ruthanne
Individual Living with FASD

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