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“I've learned to cope with my disability. I've come to terms with the fact that I have fetal alcohol syndrome. I had spent my whole life feeling sorry for myself, going 'why did this happen to me' and blaming my mother for it, because she drank. But blaming others for it wasn't going to make it easy. Now I'm actually in a position where I can help others with their disabilities because I can relate to them.”
Erica Gites-Miles

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NOFAS Celebrates Honorees at Annual Awards Benefit
June 26, 2009

June 26 - Dr. Claire Coles, Barbara Wybrecht, Patton Boggs LLP and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community were recognized this week in Washington, D.C. at the NOFAS Leadership Awards Benefit for their outstanding contributions to FASD prevention, education and advocacy. Ginny Boylan received the NOFAS Service Award for her decade of contributions as a member of the NOFAS board of directors.


NOFAS Celebrates Honorees at Annual Benefit and Hosts FASD Policy Forum
June 23, 2009

June 23 - The annual NOFAS Leadership Awards Benefit hosted by Senator Lisa Murkowski, former Senator Tom Daschle and Linda Hall Daschle is Wednesday, June 24, in Washington, D.C. Tickets for the benefit are $100. Contribute online by clicking on the NOFAS Leadership Awards Benefit link below. Anyone interested in FASD prevention and advocacy is invited as our guest to the policy meeting.


NOFAS Submits Amicus Brief in Death Penalty Case
June 8, 2009

June 8 - NOFAS has submitted an Amicus Curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in support of a petition seeking a Writ of Certiorari to the Louisiana Supreme Court in the case of Brandy Aileen Holmes. Ms. Holmes is a 29-year-old woman with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome currently on death row in Louisiana. The brief was prepared on behalf of NOFAS by Patton Boggs LLP, a top international law and lobbying firm concentrating on public policy, litigation, and business law.


Kathy Mitchell Briefs President Obama on FASD
May 14, 2009

May 14 - NOFAS Vice President and National Spokesperson Kathy Mitchell talked with President Barack Obama today in New Mexico about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). In their conversation, the President recognized the significance of FASD and agreed with Mitchell that much more needs to be done to prevent the disorder and to ensure appropriate services for individuals and families living with the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure.


NOFAS Annual Benefit, Hill Day and Affiliates Summit Set for June 23-24
March 26, 2009

The annual NOFAS Leadership Awards Benefit honoring FASD professionals, advocates and leading public officials will be held the evening of Wednesday, June 24, in Washington, D.C. Senator Lisa Murkowski and Tom and Linda Daschle are among this year's invited honorary hosts. Honorees will be announced in early April. Past NOFAS award recipients include Ken Lyons Jones, Anne Streissguth, Ed Riley and Teressa Kellerman.


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