Meet the Crash Course Crew

If you are like us, you want to know more about our story, who we are as authors and public speakers, and why you should trust our information. We get it.

As professionals we have covered a wide range of skill areas over our 30+ year careers that directly intersect with the field of FASD: writer, speech-language pathologist, early intervention coordinator, disability-focused professor, clinical researcher, public speaker and trainer on disability topics (including FASD, autism, early childhood development, dyslexia, neuroscience, and trauma), private clinical practice owners, founder and vice president of two state-based FASD organizations, executive council member with FASD United, and were co-directors of FASD Collaborative Project, a national nonprofit focused on FASD.

Through these professional opportunities, we’ve counseled hundreds of families in the FASD community, trained thousands of individuals on the fundamentals of FASD, directed thousands more toward resources on FASD, and collaborated with hundreds of organizations to help make the world a better place for individuals with an FASD and their families.

Both of us are also parents through adoption of (now) adults with an FASD. We have experienced all of the joys and sorrows of parenting someone with the condition. We’ve been kept up at night wondering why our children struggled so much compared to others, read volumes and volumes of articles and books on every disability that might be relevant, battled the system to get appropriate diagnoses, been told by doctors that we were lazy, crazy, or to “just medicate your child and get on with your life,” had our kids unceremoniously kicked out of their school and extracurriculars (birthday parties, and even a hospital), had run-ins with the law, and had friends or family scorn or abandon us or our children.

We have seen our kids massively succeed and stupendously struggle all along the way.

From this lens, we hope to help you with information we wished we had when we started on our own journeys in the neurodivergent community. Our primary goal is to make sure you get information quickly and implement best practices effectively.

We do not provide medical advice, only research based literature and best practice information. If you have questions, contact your physician or healthcare professional.

Feel free to contact us and say hello, share personal insights after reading our books, or reach out to us to speak to your group.

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Dr. Emily Rusnak & Angelle Gremillion

"This book taught me everything I need to know about my child's disability with the latest information. Finally!"

-Sarah M.