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Substance Use and Recovery support that understands disability.

ConnectRecovery supports individuals with FASD, or possible FASD, who want to address their substance use. Centered in accessible and disability-informed, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-aware approaches, our team strives to meet people where they’re at and build supports that are realistic, flexible, and human.

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connectFASD is a one-stop hub for FASD-informed support — helping individuals, caregivers, professionals, and communities navigate services with clarity and confidence.

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  • Daily check-ins and Case management
  • Individualized Substance use and recovery planning (harm reduction/recovery-oriented)
  • Mental health and disability support
  • Care coordination and advocacy

Recovery Groups

You don’t have to do this alone. Our adapted recovery meetings are built to be welcoming, flexible and rooted in real connection. We walk alongside individuals as they build skills, strengthen executive functioning and learn self‑management tools that fit their lives and more importantly everyone’s goals around substance use and recovery are respected, as our support is practical and judgment‑free. Recovery is possible for everyone including individuals living with FASD, NDD, and IDD.
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ABOUT ADDICTION & SUBSTANCE USE

Understanding addiction with Disorders & executive functioning and finding the right support.
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Substance use refers to the consumption of alcohol or other drugs and exists on a spectrum. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), substance use can range from occasional or non‑problematic use to patterns that cause harm. While some people use substances without negative impact, others experience use that interferes with daily life, health, or relationships.
Substance use and addiction can affect anyone; They do not discriminate based on age, income, education, background, or life experience. People living with disabilities, mental health challenges, neurodivergence, trauma, or chronic stress may face higher risksdue to barriers in support, systems, and daily functioning.
  • Memory, attention, and adaptive functioning impairments mean that traditional indicators of substance use may not be reliable. Individuals may struggle to connect substance use with its impact on relationships or personal well-being due to limited insight and difficulty with consequence-based or memory-based learning.
  • Substance use often intensifies emotional and behavioral dysregulation. For example, challenges in connecting mind and body may become more pronounced during periods of use. Working with individuals with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD, NDD and IDD) in recovery requires a disability, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-aware approach. Executive functioning challenges such as difficulties with planning, time management, and reasoning can impact engagement and progress in recovery programs.

FINDING THE RIGHT SUPPORTS

At ConnectRECOVERY, we recognize that these patterns don’t happen in Isolation, Substance use is often connected to stress, trauma, disability, mental health, or challenges with executive functioning and access to accessible support. Our approach focuses on understanding the why behind substance use and offering practical, individualized supports that prioritize safety, dignity, and real‑life goals;meeting people where they are and walking alongside them over time.

TOOLS & STRATEGIES

Using direct, concrete language and avoiding abstract concepts.
Expectations tailored to the individual's cognitive and adaptive abilities.
Prioritizing relationship-based support over consequence-based models.
Creating predictable, structured environments that reduce cognitive load and support regulation.