Name change
NOFAS-UK will be changing its name to the National Organisation for FASD. This reflects a national shift in thinking. FASD is finally being recognised by the Department of Health and NICE as a spectrum that has less to do with what a person’s face looks like and more to do
As a treatment-level foster parent in Ohio for 3 years, Aubrey noticed many of her kids had similar symptoms that were not trauma based. After one of her children was diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), her eyes were opened to the prevalence of this disability.
After a disappointing conversation with
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline health care providers are working day and night to protect the health and safety of individuals all across Canada. We honor and respect their sacrifice and commitment to Canadians in this challenging time. This blog post provides a few tips to help frontline health care workers manage
COVID-19 is a respiratory infection that can be spread from person to person through small water droplets from the nose and mouth. There are a number of preventive health measures that you can implement to reduce the risk of infection or transmission. However, preventive health practices can be difficult to implement in a home with children, particularly
Information about COVID-19 or coronavirus seems to be all over the news these days. The government is recommending that Canadians practice “social distancing measures”, which means that people should stay home and avoid contact with one another. Events have been cancelled, schools and daycares have been closed, and the daily routines in workplaces are changing.
Christine Rachar is spreading the word about a program available locally to help supporting women who are pregnant or six months post-partum who acknowledge drug and or alcohol use during their pregnancy.
Rachar works for a social services agency McMan Youth and Family Services and runs a program in the rural foothills called the Parent Child
Organizers say 225 people from across Canada have gathered for the 10th annual Anishinabek G7 FASD conference to foster understanding, awareness and collaboration, including Valencia Poulton. She shared her story about living with FASD with the crowd.
“Sometimes I get really jumpy and jittery, at times I can’t sit still, at times I
People living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are getting the chance to tell their stories.
A conference wraps up in Sudbury Friday highlighting some of the life challenges people with FASD face .
The event is hosted by several community groups, including Health
Australian drinkers will be warned “alcohol can cause lifelong harm to your baby” under a new mandatory labelling scheme approved by the regulator, unless state and federal ministers veto the plan.
The alcohol lobby hit back at the “short-sighted” decision by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), while public health advocates said it was a “hugely
Legislation introduced in the U.S. House by Representatives Don Young, R-Alaska and Betty McCollum, D-Minn., would take steps to inform pregnant mothers and prevent development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in babies.
“Too many families in Alaska and across our nation have been affected by FASD and we should be doing all
