-Stick to 1-2 step directions;

-Repeat when asked;

-Idioms:  We may take them literally, just sayin’…. May want to be very concrete when speaking;

-Give us more time than some need when processing directions;

-lists and photos work to get things done;

-What we remember one day we may not the next: How to make cereal, how to tie our shoes, how to get from point A to point B;

-We have dysmaturity, think younger.  Like ½ our age younger.  Sometimes not that young;

-Yes, we have splinter skills: High aptitude in one or more areas, low aptitude in other areas;

-We want to please, make people happy;

-Many of us are Sensory seekers and sensory avoiders. WEIGHT can help many of us regulate our emotions and physical jitters;

-IT IS NOT THAT WE WON’T, IT IS THAT WE CAN’T (at that moment, maybe longer).

-EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY FOR US. OUR BRAIN RESETS EVERY DAY. 

-It is OK to Get Frustrated and Exhausted.  Just try to remember, us living with an FASD feel those feels too. ALL THE TIME.