Patty Kasper, a FASD advocate and host for this year's Fueling Hope 5K, says she lives with FASD, and the run is an important way to let people in Kern County know about and learn to recognize the signs and behaviors people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may experience. 23ABC's Raquel Calo spoke with Kasper to learn more.
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00:00 If you have a goal of running a 5K, you can do it in Taft on September 10th at Taft Rails
00:05 to Trails at the Oil Worker Memorial.
00:08 Fueling Hope 5K, the Fueling Hope 5K will raise awareness for fetal alcohol spectrum
00:13 disorder and raise money for FASD United.
00:16 23 ABC's Raquel Calo spoke to the host of the event.
00:24 This will be FASD United's third year hosting the Run event.
00:28 They are a national non-profit agency which supports individuals and families living with
00:32 fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
00:34 I spoke to Patti Kasper, an FASD advocate and the host for Fueling Hope 5K.
00:40 She says she lives with FASD, so to her the event is important to let people in Kern County
00:44 know they should be more open and willing to look and recognize the signs and behaviors.
00:49 I want people to know that it's through no fault of their own, it can be very difficult
00:55 to do things that should be easy.
00:58 And that, whatever that task is, is different for everybody.
01:03 Everybody's brain is impacted differently based on the timing of exposure, was it early
01:09 in the pregnancy, late in the pregnancy, throughout the pregnancy, how much at any given time.
01:14 Kasper says the easiest way to register is to go on the website runfasd.org.
01:20 She does recommend that you order by Friday if you want to get your "swag" on time for
01:25 the day of the 5K.
01:26 Kasper says she will be out at a booth with waters, snacks and flyers of her new book
01:31 Sip by Sip, which she released about people diagnosed as adults with fetal alcohol spectrum
01:36 disorders.
01:37 In Taft, Raquel Calo, 23ABC News, connecting you.