FASD

Community, Events, Featured, Health, News September 9, 2019

Foster Family Coalition hopes to raise FASD awareness with picnic

Learning about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is the easiest way to support someone living with it. That’s according to Korry Garvey of the Foster Family Coalition of the NWT. September 9 is FASD Awareness Day and the coalition hosted a public barbecue in Somba K’e park in Yellowknife to raise…

Community, Featured, Health May 1, 2019

Indigenous people much more vulnerable to FASD than rest of population: study

Indigenous people and people in custody are identified in a new report as more vulnerable to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder than the rest of the population. FASD is 10 to 40 times higher in certain groups than the general population according to a study published by Toronto’s Centre for Addiction…