Know exactly what you are asking for, and what it would change.
When you meet with your legislators, you are not asking for a favor. You are asking for specific things the law already promises. It helps to know what they are, and what they would mean in your actual life.
The FASD Respect Act authorized three things worth funding, and now they need appropriations to become real.
- Education & Awareness for the doctors, teachers, and judges who make decisions about people with FASD every day, so those decisions are informed instead of accidental.
- Diagnostic capacity built in your own state and tribal nations, so families stop driving hundreds of miles or waiting years for someone who can recognize what they are seeing.
- Research on FASD across the lifespan to ensure better supports for everyone with an FASD.
Today, apply your experience to these three areas. Which of those would have changed your story? The diagnosis that took years. The teacher who did not understand. The provider you could never find.
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Take a look below for a sneak peek at what we have planned through September 9!
- 9/7, Close the Gap. Connect your experience to what funding would actually change.
- 9/8, Practice. Get call-ready with your script and your numbers in hand.
- 9/9, Make the Call. Ask your legislators to fund the law they already passed.