FASD Living Experience Panel: Awareness Month Kickoff
Join Proof Alliance online on September 1 from 6–7 p.m. CST for a special FASD Awareness Month kickoff event featuring a Living Experience Panel. This webinar, part of Proof Alliance’s EmpowerED Series, will center the voices and perspectives of people impacted by FASD, creating space for awareness, understanding and meaningful connection.
Panelists, including Carl Young, Lauren Fosselman and Beatrice Willert, will share their experiences, insights and perspectives to help attendees better understand what it means to live with FASD and how communities can create more supportive and inclusive environments.
Shaped by the Voices of People Living with FASD
To help ensure the conversation reflects what matters most to people living with FASD, individuals with living experience have contributed questions that will guide the moderator’s discussion with panelists. Panelists will share their experiences, insights and perspectives to help attendees better understand what it means to live with FASD and how communities can create more supportive and inclusive environments.
Guiding questions include:
- What is one thing you wish more people understood about living with FASD that is often misunderstood or overlooked?
- How do you decide when or whether to share that you have FASD in places like school, work or social settings, and what has that experience been like for you?
- What does self-advocacy mean to you, and what advice would you give to someone with FASD who is learning to speak up for themselves?
- Can you share a time when someone truly supported or accommodated you in a way that made a positive difference, and what can others learn from that experience?
This event is an opportunity to listen, learn and better understand the experiences of people living with FASD as we begin FASD Awareness Month.
Frequently Asked Questions
This event is for anyone interested in learning more about FASD and hearing directly from people with living experience. Community members, families, caregivers, professionals, educators, health care providers, advocates and anyone who wants to better understand FASD and how to create more supportive and inclusive environments are welcome to attend.
The conversation is designed for all levels of knowledge and experience, whether you are new to learning about FASD or have been involved in the FASD community for years.
All FASD Awareness Month activities, including this panel, are being developed in partnership with a living experience consultant to help ensure the perspectives of people with FASD are meaningfully included throughout the planning process. People with living experience have contributed questions for the moderator to ask, helping guide a conversation that reflects what matters most to the FASD community. The panel also includes diverse representation of living experiences and perspectives.
Proof Alliance recognizes that people with living experience of FASD are experts in their own experiences. Panelists are compensated for the time, preparation and thoughtful perspectives they contribute to this conversation. We are grateful for their leadership in helping shape a more informed, supportive and inclusive understanding of FASD.
Attendees will join the webinar with audio and video off by default. There may be opportunities to participate in Q&A through the chat box, so you can engage at a level you’re comfortable with.
Yes! The webinar will be uploaded to our eCampus shortly after the event and will be available there for one year.
No, CEUs will not be offered for this webinar.
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