{"id":340,"date":"2016-08-19T18:33:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T18:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:40:08","slug":"visions-and-voices-profile-russ-hilsher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/touchstone\/visions-and-voices-profile-russ-hilsher\/","title":{"rendered":"Visions And Voices Profile &#8211; Russ Hilsher"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"340\" class=\"elementor elementor-340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-387708c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"387708c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8b0de2\" data-id=\"b8b0de2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6826243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6826243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Russ-Pic-1-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-335\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Russ-Pic-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Russ-Pic-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Russ-Pic-1-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52a23303 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52a23303\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f3e1890\" data-id=\"3f3e1890\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-655bf60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"655bf60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Favorite Topic Areas:<\/strong> Justice System, Parenting\/Family, Addictions, Community Supports<\/p><p><em>\u201cSupportive people who understand FASD helps me make my life go in the right direction.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>Russ was informed of his FASD by his adopted mom between the age of seven and twelve years old. He was told that he would need to have a support system in order to face the many challenges of living with his disability. This has proven to be true for Russ. He has grown in his understanding of how is FASD impacts his life and is able to contribute his knowledge and expertise with the community.<\/p><p>BUT, livings with FASD has not always been easy. Russ finds it a continuous challenge to overcome his substance abuse issues. At various times in Russ\u2019 life these challenges have caused him to be in conflict with the law, and to end up in places that he doesn\u2019t wish to be. As a proud father of two girls, Russ acknowledges the on-going importance of supportive people who understand FASD, and who help him move his life in the right direction. Sharing his story has been instrumental in providing him with purpose and meaning, and in providing hope to others living and working with FASD.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favorite Topic Areas: Justice System, Parenting\/Family, Addictions, Community Supports \u201cSupportive people who understand FASD helps me make my life go [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-340","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4214,"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions\/4214"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.initiativesjc.org\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}