{"id":5391,"date":"2025-02-10T12:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nofaspolicycenter.org\/?p=5391"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T17:07:19","slug":"introducing-the-friday-five-your-weekly-fasd-disability-policy-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nofaspolicycenter.org\/introducing-the-friday-five-your-weekly-fasd-disability-policy-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Friday Five: Your Weekly FASD &amp; Disability Policy Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with policy changes can be overwhelming, but <em>Friday Five<\/em> makes it simple. Join us on Friday afternoons for bite-sized updates on the FASD Respect Act, news from the broader disability space, and ways to advocate, all in under five minutes. <em>Friday Five<\/em> will keep you in the loop\u2014without taking up too much of your time. <\/p><p>Videos will be posted <a href=\"http:\/\/wwww.nofaspolicycenter.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"wwww.nofaspolicycenter.org\">here<\/a> and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/fasdrespect\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/fasdrespect\">FASD Respect Act Champions Facebook page.<\/a> Check out this year&#8217;s first video below!<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/nofaspolicycenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cropped-New-Policy-Justice-Logos.png\" src=\"https:\/\/nofaspolicycenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/2.7-Video-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Friday 5 (2\/7) Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Amy Klobuchar have\u00a0introduced The FASD Respect Act of 2025 (S.139)!<\/h3><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.congress.gov%2Fbill%2F119th-congress%2Fsenate-bill%2F139%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1evbAK0SSXp3xjdyfTRKwXTvKuFsJ64aetXQ-OxEOLfdeI1RzDI7mlhOc_aem_207ORcIb-eoaDjGw1LDtIQ&amp;h=AT0GNrOW7cx2ZwEikLwLhjPoQFgCe2WHQIRgS2I_vDfYbUvzJTnP1hMMNq13ucvMRiSGhYqQXkDtIdA1QEgLPd3SQsa-0DTIWXIAfApEPGi_ep5hvdD_80A3byAKbV1QaBmr9-V-Ffqd4Nf7sTEP&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT08CK9T98nRwMCMeIyJMMY4Zgd2SFdEvAPG9Wz6R0U58s3Qw9m12WKThuIx-EAzIsCGnF95SU-xRebyl-AXV0urfuW9k4Z0nSz4p4rBTkb1c7qYLZSTZcY8o0ZEWePBVTHGGacz-7QBhjOsmm_ugZY01tW5H_43SoP4WtJr2UBATFBrmMi51iQ7Zin1r5yQdFWYIRFwJM-iP-ZvGaDpIqgORG9TQ9izOPbOt4iDVTv8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/139<\/a>)<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Joining Sen Murkowski and Klobuchar were six other original cosponsors<\/strong><\/h4><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]<\/li>\n\n<li>Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]<\/li>\n\n<li>Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]<\/li>\n\n<li>Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]<\/li>\n\n<li>Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]<\/li>\n\n<li>Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Just this morning (2\/7), two more cosponsors signed on<\/strong><\/h4><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]<\/li>\n\n<li>Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meetings next week<\/strong><\/h4><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana<\/li>\n\n<li>Senator Bill Cassidy (Chair of the Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee HELP)<\/li>\n\n<li>Congressman Buddy Carter of Georgia on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over health issues.<\/li><\/ul><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>State Legislation<\/strong><\/h4><p>o&nbsp;<strong>Kansas (Thank you Kat Meinhardt!)<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>HB2202\u00a0<\/strong>will require colleges to educate future teachers on FASD. Apart from raising awareness of FASD, this will give teachers the knowledge and tools they need to serve their students better.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>HB2203<\/strong>\u00a0will explicitly include FASD under the other health impairment (OHI) definition in the Special Education for Exceptional Children Act. This breaks down a barrier to support and will benefit both families and schools.<\/li><\/ul><p>o\u00a0<strong>Texas (Thank you Rebecca Ciesielski, Lynn McMurry, and the rest of the Texas Team)<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>HB2219\u00a0<\/strong>will explicitly list FASD as a qualifier for special education programs.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>DRAFT:\u00a0<\/strong>will create FASD advisory council<\/li><\/ul><p>o\u00a0<strong>Massachusetts (Thank you Reuben Kitrell and Kristen Ericksen!)<\/strong>,<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>DRAFT<\/strong>: will create awareness, identification, intervention, and prevention programs. It would also include FASD in other state programs where appropriate. Designate a state coordinator and advisory committee.<a href=\"\"><\/a><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Email melfi@fasdunited.org with any policy questions or if you want to get started!<\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping up with policy changes can be overwhelming, but Friday Five makes it simple. Join us on Friday afternoons for bite-sized updates on the FASD Respect Act, news from the broader disability space, and ways to advocate, all in under five minutes. 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