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“Donnie Kanter Winokur's passion in building awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) has helped many and opened eyes to professionals working with persons with this brain damage. Donnie utilized her pre-adoption professional skills in founding NOFAS - Georgia and developing statewide and national awareness. It is a privilege to work beside her. Her role as service dog handler for Chancer for her son has moved mountains and opened doors for other children with FASD.”
– Jodee Kulp
While Donnie’s interest is based on first-hand experience parenting her own son who is affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and a myriad of other labels, her outreach extends to the international level in the field of developmental disabilities. From 2005 to 2009 Donnie worked diligently to develop
and establish NOFAS Georgia, the first state affiliate of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS). While Donnie is no longer the acting Executive Director of NOFAS
Georgia she remains involved with NOFAS on many levels.
In 2008, Donnie’s son, Iyal, obtained the first certified FASD Assistance Dog in North America. Since then, she presents to international experts on the profound benefits of providing service dogs for children with FASDs and other “invisible disabilities."
Donnie has been a unique presence in Atlanta’s communications arena for over 28 years, as a speaker, producer, creative director, and writer. In the early years of multi-media, she produced awardwinning
educational titles for the Discovery Channel, The Smithsonian Institute and directed and produced
CD-ROMs for Random House/Broderbund’s Living Books series. She works on contract with Georgia State University’s Center for Leadership in Disability while she promotes her 11-year old daughter’s award-winning book, My Invisible World – life with my brother,
his disability and his service dog.
Currently Donnie serves on the Committee for Developmental Disabilities at Jewish Family
and Career Services in Atlanta and as a Board of Directors’ member of All About Developmental Disabilities, a 52 year-old non-profit in Atlanta. She is serving an appointed three-year term with the State
Advisory Panel on Special Education for Georgia.
Donnie’s writing about FASDs has been published in Adoption Today magazine, the International
Journal on Child and Adolescent Health, and Living with FASD, a publication for the FASD Support
Network of Saskatchewan, Inc. Her most recent book is about her son Iyal’s service dog, Chancer;
Nuzzle –love between a boy and his service dog an early reader written for 6 – 8 year olds told
from Chancer’s perspective. Wounded in the Womb – a story of adoption, disability and the hope we
found on four paws will be published for adults sharing her family’s journey from adoption to the present.
Donnie seeks to find innovative ways in which to advocate for all who are touched by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
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Contact:
thechancerchronicles@gmail.com
770 856-5424
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Speaking opportunities
- Donnie Kanter Winokur, Founding Executive Director of NOFAS Georgia, is available to speak to organizations about the writing of “My Invisible World” and about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
- Jodee Kulp, Executive Director of Better Endings New Beginnings is available to speak about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) and strategies for young adults.
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