I would like to passionately and educate our citizens of Canada especially Ontario including Hamilton 

I would like to educate our government our justice system our health care professionals including psychiatric doctors nurses family doctors etc. 

we need to educate our police officers and everyone who is affected by FASD this debilitating invisible disability is  Global economic crisis and burden on our society as a whole as well as our world!  Facts in regards to FASD Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 

 1. 3000 babies a year are born with FASD 

2. 300,000 people are estimated to be living with FASD

3. FASD can be prevented if mother's don't drink

4. their are facial deformities 

 

5. their are skeletal deformities 

 

6. organ problems such as heart and kidney and other organ problems 

7. People who live with this disability FASD has a life expectancy of 34 year's old 

8. 55% are incarcerated 

9. 86% cannot live independently 

10.  The list goes on and on

FASD can be 100% prevented if woman don't drink alcohol 

No Safe time No safe kind No safe amount is safe for the babies FASD is a umbrella term which means there are different types of FASD 

FASD, FAS, ARND, ARBD

FASD Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 

FAS Fetal alcohol spectrum 

ARND Alcohol related neurodevelopment disorder 

Over 60% of people with FAS over 12 have been charged with a crime

95%  of people with FAS also have a mental illness 

primary Disability of FASD relevant to the justice system 

primary disability 

1. Memory problems 

2. Failure to understand ownership 

3. little understanding of value of objects 

4. Slow cognitive or auditory pace

 

Secondary disability 

1. Lying

2. Stealing

3. Destructive behavior 

4. Defiance 

Possible Reason for Behavior 

1. Making things up to fill in the blanks

2. attempt to buy friends 

3. Anger and Frustration 

4. Avoidance as a result of frequent failure, inability to process instructions 

National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome called No FAS says 

The latest studies estimate that 40,000 infant's are born each year with Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASD 1 out of every 100 births in th US

FASD takes an enormous financial toll on effected families and society as a whole

FASD alone costs the united states 5.4 billion annually in direct and indirect costs an individual with full blown FAS incur an average life time health cost of 860,000 although costs can be as high as 4.2 million 

Costs associated with FAS are just the tip of the ice berg it is estimated to be much higher

Direct costs associated with FAS estimated at 3.9 billion annually, include not only health care costs but costs associated with social services and incarceration 

70% of children are in foster care as a result of FASD in varying degrees 

As a result of Mother's drinking habits Health effects include

1. learning disability 

2. difficulties in understanding consequences of actions 

3. depression

4. obsessive compulsive disorder 

5. physical disabilities 

 

Secondary disabilities 

1. mental health problems 

2. dropping out of school or disrupting school 

3. trouble with the law

4. chronic unemployment 

5. alcohol and drug problems and

6. homelessness

and this can all be prevented if mother's don't drink alcohol!