Northern Association for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

06/27/2026

No one prevents prenatal alcohol exposure alone.

Partners, families, friends, healthcare providers, educators, and communities all play a role in supporting healthy outcomes for parents and babies.

Learn more: https://preventionconversation.org/

06/27/2026

Our 2025–2026 Impact Report is here!

It's been a year of collaboration, discovery, and meaningful progress. From welcoming nearly 600 people to the Canada FASD Conference, to launching new tools for clinicians and families, to advocating for a coordinated national response to FASD, there is a lot to celebrate.

Check out the full report to see everything CanFASD has accomplished: https://ow.ly/ypq150ZegJf

06/27/2026

Disability Without Poverty welcomes the recommendation to indefinitely exclude persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness from eligibility for MAiD.

We urge the federal government to implement the recommendation without delay.

“No one should be offered death because we have failed to offer them a life worth living,” said Rabia Khedr, National Director of Disability Without Poverty. “This recommendation gives Parliament the chance to do the harder, more important work: making sure that people living with mental illness and disability have access to housing, income, mental health care, and community before anyone talks to them about ending their lives.”

See our full media release in link below:
https://www.disabilitywithoutpoverty.ca/en/dwp-media/press-release-our-response-parliamentary-committee-recommendation-indefinitely-exclude

06/27/2026

Forgetting isn’t intentional.
Memory gaps are part of the disability.

When instructions, schedules, or rules fall out of mind moments after being shared, it is not laziness. Memory challenges are real, and they call for reminders, visuals, and gentle repetition instead of accusations.

LIKE and SHARE please

Your LIKES, SHARES, and COMMENTS matter to BUILD AWARENESS and ACCEPTANCE

06/27/2026

People with intellectual disabilities have the right to live in the community — not in institutions.

“Nobody who lived there and got out has ever said, ‘Boy, I’d really like to go back and live there again.’ Nobody. Not one. That tells you something.” -Bill Hogarth (Survivor)

The Right Way is a newly updated guide from Inclusion Canada and People First of Canada’s National Task Force on Deinstitutionalization.

It explains why institutions cause harm, and how governments and communities can close them properly. We need to do this by putting people first, respecting choice, and creating real homes.
This guide is based on the lived experience of survivors, basic human rights, and decades of evidence.

Read and share The Right Way: www.institutionwatch.ca/the-right-way/

06/27/2026

“Given the over-representation of individuals with FASD in the Justice System as victims, witnesses and subjects, I believe it is critical for all police officers to receive relevant training on FASD such as this course. Personally, I found the course was very well put together and full of knowledge applicable to law enforcement.” Youth FASD Justice Program Officer from Lethbridge Police Service, Constable Chris Andrade

Take the course today or share with someone you know working in this area! - https://ow.ly/TTRe50Zc42V

06/27/2026

Got red shoes? Perfect.

Don’t have red shoes? That’s perfect too.

Day is about awareness, understanding, and community, not fashion rules.

Show us how you’re rocking your red on September 9!

06/25/2026

Northern Association for FASD AGM has been rescheduled to Tuesday June 30 2026 at 5PM. If you are interested in joining our organization please attend in person in High Prairie at 4826 51 Ave. or virtually on the link below. Please send confirmation of your attendance to [email protected] so that you may receive the meeting package.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81966945261?pwd=wHdBxboq0MyNjyhIjNHOX2Ok1FJcPG.1
Meeting ID: 819 6694 5261
Passcode: 146539

06/22/2026

06/19/2026

Our AGM that was scheduled for June 17, 2026 had to be rescheduled due to lack of attendance. It has been rescheduled to June 23, 2026 at 10:30 AM at 4826 51 ave High Prairie. The cold hard truth is we need board members! Our organization cannot run without board membership! Whether you are a parent, caregiver, professional, advocate, community partner, or interested resident, we welcome your involvement. By becoming a board member, you can:
* Have a voice in the future direction of the organization
* Support programs and services in Northern Alberta
* Participate in governance and decision making
* Help strengthen services for individuals and families affected by FASD
Join us as we review the past year, celebrate successes, and look ahead to future opportunities.