Protecting the Rights of Children with FASD in the Justice System

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international agreement created in 1989 to protect the safety and well-being of children. The fundamental

CBC: Manitoba launches FASD pilot program to help young adults get diagnosed

Manitoba is launching a pilot program to help young adults get access to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessment and diagnoses, starting with those who have been involved

Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System

Baidawi, S., Piquero, A.R. Neurodisability among Children at the Nexus of the Child Welfare and Youth Justice System. J Youth Adolescence (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01234-w Abstract Although neurodisability features

CBC: Fetal alcohol disorder advocate calls for inquiry into inmate’s death

Retired judge says provincial justice system doesn’t provide enough support for people with FASD Mark Quinn · CBC News · Posted: Nov 13, 2019 3:28 PM NT | Last

Christie Blatchford: La Loche school shooter was doomed long before he picked up a gun

Aside from the glaring tragedy — four lives taken, others left with permanent serious injuries, the wider trauma done to any small place by a

First case for Canada’s first FASD court

By: Katie May Something closer to daylight shines down from the courtroom ceiling, as a 20-year-old man takes a seat in the prisoner’s box. The familiar

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