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Alcohol in womb slows teenage brain
11/08/2014 03:33
In the first study of its kind, researchers find that even moderate drinking can cause foetal alcohol spectrum disorders.To read more please follow this link ... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/11012125/Alcohol-in-womb-slows-teenage-brain.html
Ontario. Select Committee on Developmental Services - Final Report
23/07/2014 14:42
The Ontario Select Committee on Developmental Services Final Report came out today and FASD is included with autism!See especially Recommendations:1. A new Inter-Ministerial Committee on Developmental Services (IMCDS) to implement the recommendations12. The definition of developmental disability...
Will our kids be accepted?
23/07/2014 14:35
"...Our experience at church was a turning point. Our son, who has fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, was acting up as usual..."21 Jul 2014The Globe and Mail (Ottawa/Quebec Edition)Raymond Currie Winnipeg resident and author of the autobiography Secure and Uncertain: A Father's StoryAs anyone with...
International Campaign to Raise Awareness of the Risks of Drinking in Pregnancy
22/07/2014 10:11
About the CampaignFetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is the term given to the range of damage caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. The damage ranges from birth defects to neurological damage.The first goal of FASD prevention is to increase awareness of the problem among women and the...
Sensitive Souls a film about young people with FAS
12/06/2014 14:46
Our goal in the documentary "Sensitive Souls" is to create greater awareness and understanding for young people diagnosed with FAS. The film highlights the serious consequences for the unborn child if alcohol is consumed during pregnancy and how symptoms, emerge, slowly and manifest themselves...
Canadians grossly underestimate their alcohol consumption, study says
12/06/2014 14:42
It turns out Canadians lowball the amount of alcohol they drink by up to a whopping 75 per cent, especially when it comes to wine.A study by the Centre for Addictions Research at the University of Victoria said that's a problem because surveys of alcohol consumption are crucial to estimating...
Call for action on foetal alcohol syndrome
30/05/2014 15:59
Indigenous health groups are calling for foetal alcohol syndrome disorder to be recognised as a disability.The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is also pushing for sufferers of what's known as the "invisible disability" to be kept out of jail, labelling incarceration...
FASD is like a silent Tsunami. Do you agree with Bill C-583?
30/05/2014 15:55
Recently, Member of Parliament Ryan Leef (Yukon,Canada) introduced private member's Bill C-583, which seeks to amend theCanadian Criminal Code to provide a court powers to order FASD assessments andconsider FASD as a mitigating factor in sentencing. Below is a 55 minuteinterview I had with Ryan...
FASD Informed Practice for Community Based Programs
23/05/2014 11:42
This resource was developed as a result of recommendations from an FASD Consultation meeting in Vancouver in March 2012. Representatives from Canada Prenatla Nutrition Program (CPNP), Community Action Plan for Children (CAPC) and Aboriginal Headstart Program (AHS) frontline workers and coordinatros...
New Brunswick - Victorian Order of Nurses selected to operate fetal alcohol spectrum disorder centre of excellence
23/05/2014 11:39
May 6, 2014 The provincial fetal alcohol spectrum disorder centre of excellence will be operated by the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) - eastern region. The provincial government selected the non-governmental organization after a request for proposals process."We are pleased to partner with the...
Local News
Supportive housing in demand for people with FASD
08/09/2014 22:42
Photo by Vince FedoroffAT FULL CAPACITY - Options for Independencesʼ Dun Kenji Ku building can house at least 14 adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. It opened in March of this year, but is at full capacity already, with a waiting list. It offers round-the-clock assistance to residentsWenda...
Yukon leads country with response to FASD housing
13/06/2014 09:59
Yukon Government News ReleaseWHITEHORSE-Minister of Health and Social Services Doug Graham is hosting a delegation from Alberta that will tour Yukon's Options for Independence housing project. Alberta Human Services' Associate Minister for Services to...
Yukon study aims to identify inmates with FASD
12/06/2014 15:07
APTN National NewsThere are no hard numbers to determine how many inmates in Canada's justice system suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. But the Yukon government is looking to find out. It's launching a new study, the first of its kind in the country, to find out how many prisoners have...
Focusing on FASD prevention
12/06/2014 15:01
Alistair Maitland/Yukon NewsDonna Jones is the FASSY education and prevention coordinator. With Yukon MP Ryan Leef's private members bill on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder debated this week on the House of Commons floor, FASD is a popular topic right now. But as important as addressing how...
‘They turned a community jail into a gulag’: Critics rail against Yukon’s $75M Whitehorse Correctional Centre
26/05/2014 10:56
The Office of the Auditor General is probing theoperation of Yukon's $75-million Whitehorse Correctional Centre, which is beingbranded a failure and a waste of taxpayers' money by critics.With a staff of more than 110, the jail costs $10-milliona year to run, but currently only houses about 70...
Leef’s FASD bill a ‘good start’: advocate
16/05/2014 13:40
The head of Yukon's fetal alcohol support society says MP Ryan Leef's private member's bill regarding the disability is a "good start." "It has been something that, since 2010, the Canadian Bar Association has been promoting, and now it's been adopted by the U.S. Bar Association as well," said Mike...
Lawyers push for more support for FASD
18/12/2013 16:03
Yukon News ... December 18 2013
The Yukon branch of the Canadian Bar Association wants the territory to become the first jurisdiction in the country to write human rights language directly into the Corrections Act.
The group is calling for an amendment stating explicitly there is a...
Yukon seeks input into proposed regulations including minimum rental standards
12/12/2013 15:41
WHITEHORSE—The Yukon government is asking for feedback on proposed regulations under the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, including minimum rental standards. This is the last step required before the new legislation is proclaimed into effect.
“When finalized, the Residential...
Yukon MP plans private member bill on FASD
19/11/2013 14:24
Yukon MP Ryan Leef says the Conservative government is tough on crime, but that doesn't mean jail is always the best solution.
Leef is working on a private members bill that would allow people affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder to be treated differently by the justice system.
He says the...