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37 - Respite is Essential: A Conversation with Andrea Faris Roberts
FASD Hope is a podcast about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over 18 years of lived experience.
Episode 37 is titled "Respite is Essential" with Andrea Faris Roberts, Founder and Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer and Head Innkeeper of the nonprofit organization, A Mother's Rest. An altruist in spirit with a servant's heart, Andrea is the bio mother of two teenage sons. Her eldest son, Reece, was born with Down Syndrome in 2002. Reece has been the inspiration behind the founding of two charitable organizations. With her career expertise in marketing, sales and customer support, Andrea founded the Reece's Rainbow Down Syndrome Adoption Foundation in 2006, which helped families adopt children with disabilities internationally. In 2010, she was named People Magazine's "Hero of the Year" and presented with the Congressional Angel in Adoption Award. In 2017, Andrea retired from Reece's Rainbow to begin A Mother's Rest. Andrea is an out of the box thinker, and always seeks to create innovative programs where services are lacking. Her personal experience as a bio parent and in the adoption community lend to her innate understanding of the needs and challenges of many of AMR's guests. The self care and well-being of parents and caregivers who have loved ones with disabilities and/or chronic illness should be a priority, not an after-thought. With a passion for history, heritage and bringing old things back to life, the theme at A Mother's Rest is "Restoring History, Health, Heart and Hope".
In this honest and heartfelt episode, Natalie (podcast host) and Andrea bond over having young adult sons with special needs and explore the following topics: Andrea's journey from being a mom of a son with special needs to a POWERHOUSE advocate in the special needs community, her realization how respite is such a missed service for families of loved ones with special needs / chronic illnesses, the MANY resources offered by A Mother's Rest (AMR), how AMR has adapted to COVID19 and her words of hope for caregivers and parents of those with disabilities / chronic illnesses.
RESOURCES-
A Mother's Rest
https://www.amothersrest.org/
Instagram - @amothersrest
FASD Hope -
http://www.fasdhope.com/
Instagram - @fasdhope
Facebook - @fasdhope1
Pinterest - @fasdhope1
Clubhouse- @natalievecc
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FASD Hope is a podcast about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), through the lens of parent advocates with over 18 years of lived experience.
Episode 37 is titled "Respite is Essential" with Andrea Faris Roberts, Founder and Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer and Head Innkeeper of the nonprofit organization, A Mother's Rest. An altruist in spirit with a servant's heart, Andrea is the bio mother of two teenage sons. Her eldest son, Reece, was born with Down Syndrome in 2002. Reece has been the inspiration behind the founding of two charitable organizations. With her career expertise in marketing, sales and customer support, Andrea founded the Reece's Rainbow Down Syndrome Adoption Foundation in 2006, which helped families adopt children with disabilities internationally. In 2010, she was named People Magazine's "Hero of the Year" and presented with the Congressional Angel in Adoption Award. In 2017, Andrea retired from Reece's Rainbow to begin A Mother's Rest. Andrea is an out of the box thinker, and always seeks to create innovative programs where services are lacking. Her personal experience as a bio parent and in the adoption community lend to her innate understanding of the needs and challenges of many of AMR's guests. The self care and well-being of parents and caregivers who have loved ones with disabilities and/or chronic illness should be a priority, not an after-thought. With a passion for history, heritage and bringing old things back to life, the theme at A Mother's Rest is "Restoring History, Health, Heart and Hope".
In this honest and heartfelt episode, Natalie (podcast host) and Andrea bond over having young adult sons with special needs and explore the following topics: Andrea's journey from being a mom of a son with special needs to a POWERHOUSE advocate in the special needs community, her realization how respite is such a missed service for families of loved ones with special needs / chronic illnesses, the MANY resources offered by A Mother's Rest (AMR), how AMR has adapted to COVID19 and her words of hope for caregivers and parents of those with disabilities / chronic illnesses.
RESOURCES-
A Mother's Rest
https://www.amothersrest.org/
Instagram - @amothersrest
FASD Hope -
http://www.fasdhope.com/
Instagram - @fasdhope
Facebook - @fasdhope1
Pinterest - @fasdhope1
Clubhouse- @natalievecc