We talk with Patti Kasper about seeing FASD through the wildflower brain metaphor and what changes when we focus on the brain, body, and environment instead of judging behavior. We dig into masking, stress responses, and real-world supports that help families and schools move from “try harder” to “try differently.”
• the wildflower brain as a clearer, kinder frame for FASD
• resilience and thriving in harsh environments without romanticizing trauma
• individualized supports through a neuroprint passport and the 4D framework
• masking as a survival strategy with a huge energy cost
• the gap between IQ and adaptive functioning and why “smart” is not “able”
• overlapping diagnoses and the scattered profile across FASD, autism, ADHD, dyslexia
• cortical visual impairment and vision issues that can look like ADHD
• interoception differences including pain tolerance, temperature awareness, safety risks
• educational gaslighting and the behavior paradigm that treats reflexes as choices
• petal closure as shutdown under overwhelm rather than refusal
• confabulation, suggestibility, and why leading questions can create false agreement
• shifting the goal from independence to interdependence with a different timeline
Please get her book.
This is part 2!
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Remember there is purpose in the pain and hope in the journey.
