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Tag Archives: Summer camp

Fifteen Days Post FASD Camp

So fifteen days ago David had the opportunity to attend FASD Camp.  Summer camp. The day I dropped him off, I snapped a selfie of the two of us. Minutes after snapping this photo, he was off meeting new friends with the same disability that he has. The Disability Yes. My son has a disability.  You can’t tell it by looking at him.  That disability is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).  It is not the only one he has, but it is the focus of this post. We learned last winter of this camp called fasdcamp.  It is just for kids with FASD. Thus began the process of applying for camp which began before he came home from care in January. In mid-April, we learned that he had been accepted. This was after a rather lengthy telephone conversation with the camp medical director about David’s condition.  See, they want to

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Tags: adventure, developmental disability, disability, FASD, fasdawareness, fasdcamp, Summer camp ·

FASD Camp – Rock Star Ceremony 2018

This video is for parents, family and friends of the FASD Camp campers and staff, from the summer of 2018. Please watch the whole video. Every camper is special in some way and deserves to be celebrated.       More information about the camp can be found at: http://www.fasdcamp.org You can find them on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/fasdcamp/ The Fundraiser They are undertaking a fund drive right now to ramp up for next years camp and beyond. In talking with the Camp founder, it costs roughly 2,000 dollars per camper for the week. Camp fees are 895 dollars.  So the difference has to be made up somewhere.  Previously, the difference was made up by a private donor. They are unable to do so, after three years of funding campers. Please give generously if you can. The fundraiser can be found on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/donate/2130724537210302/ If you are not on facebook,

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Tags: camp, FASD, fasd camp, Summer camp ·

Off to college

My eldest is leaving for college tomorrow.  I am sitting here thinking of all of the things from the last 18 years that I wanted to teach her, and wondering if that is enough. In the end, this is another step in life. We watched a movie tonight, and at the end she was in tears.  Now it could have been the movie, but when I asked her, she agreed that she was nervous about tomorrow.  Like a teacher always said, if you aren’t nervous about something that is important to you, then it isn’t all that important to you.  I think that she will be just fine.     But, it isn’t like leaving her for a week at summer camp is it? Tweet #fighting4answrs

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