Welcome to back to Season 3 of the FASD Family Life Podcast. I am your host, Robbie Seale. I am an FASD educator, advocate and mom of five incredible people; including three teens diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. If my 30 years of parenting has taught me anything it is, that the struggle is real and so is success.
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Today is a SPECIAL EPISODE of the FASD Family Life Podcast because today we celebrate a brand new author, Kenny LaJoy and his book, It's Ok To Be You; Living Well With FASD and Other Disabilities. Join me for a fascinating conversation with Kenny LaJoy. He is an author, entrepreneur, and pizza store manager who lives with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and its challenges every day. His earliest years were spent in an orphanage in Kyrgyzstan, and it was there that he first began developing a reliance on God. At the age of eight, he was adopted into the LaJoy family and then began the homeschooling journey that, along with his grit and determination, would shape and mold him into the man he is today
It's Ok to Be You; Living Well With FASD and Other Disabilities is written by someone who lives with FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) and who understands the struggles of living with this disability on a daily basis. Kenny talks about his journey towards acceptance and how to better live with disabilities (and with those who love and care for you). This book focuses on the relationships one has with others, themselves, and the world at large. “It’s OK to Be You” seeks to affirm who you are, what you need, and gives you encouragement. While this book is not all-encompassing, it attempts to cover large swathes of daily living with FASD. If your life feels paralyzed by self-doubt because of your disabilities, this book will prod you to embrace the whole of who you are and that it is okay.
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