Unique tool released in Vancouver to help Canadians understand Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Children hold hands on the way to school. (YanLev / Shutterstock.com)Children hold hands on the way to school. (YanLev / Shutterstock.com)

VANCOUVER – 

The YWCA Metro Vancouver has come out with a ground-breaking online resource to help educate Canadians about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

The agency has created a 26-letter “dictionary” that uses a series of definitions and videos to teach people the basics of FASD and break down stereotypes.

According to the Centres for Disease Control, FASDs are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. Alcohol in the mother’s blood passes to the baby through the umbilical cord. The CDC says the effects can include physical problems, behavioural and learning issues or a mix of all the effects.

“Many people don’t talk openly about FASD or understand it,” Wanda Pelletier, FASD key worker with Vancouver’s YWCA Crabtree Corner Community Resource Centre, told CTV News. “This has led to stigma and shame for women, families and people with FASD.”

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Visit https://fasddictionary.ywcavan.org/

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