Category: Personal Stories
The following stories are from people who have had intimate contact with FASD. The stories are from birth parents, foster and adoptive parents and people with FASD. It is critical for health practitioners to read about the personal side of FASD to flesh out the clinical aspect of the condition. The problem that people with FASD have not being able to link cause and consequence means one thing when it is written on paper but it means something completely different to parents.
Woman living with FASD joins calls for warning labels.
Daniel Z (9 July 2020) Audio RN Drive Australia – Woman living with FASD joins nationals calls for stronger pregnancy warnings on alcohol labels.
Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD.
University of Rochester, Newscenter (3 Feb 2020) Self-care linked to greater confidence in parents of children with FASD.
Real stories on the impact of alcohol, Canada
Last Call: Real Stories of Alcohol’s Impact in Guelph, Wellington and Dufferin Counties, Canada
Urban natives re-claim untold familial stories.
Xavier Johnson (23 October 2013) Urban natives re-claim untold familial stories. The Advocate, San Pablo, California.
Overcoming FASD obstacles in adolescence
Elena de Luigi (6 September 2019) ‘Overcoming FASD obstacles: Teen counts on parents, teachers to help her cope and learn’. The Daily Press, Canada
New book on FASD
BOOK – Ruth Spencer (2019) ‘The Burning: Parenting my son through adoption, FASD and suicide’. Available on Amazon, Kindle, or Indigo as a book, or ebook download.
I’m going to have this for the rest of my life
Let’s Talk FASDak (30 June 2019) ‘Living with FASD: I’m going to have this for the rest of my life’. Anchorage Daily News.
VIDEO The brutal reality for alcohol-damaged children.
VIDEO (18 June 2019) The brutal reality for alcohol-damaged children. BBC Scotland
Canada’s tragedy explained through the stories of three women and one word.
Globe staff writers (8 June 2019) MMIWG inquiry reading list: Canada’s tragedy explained through the stories of three women and one word. Authors write: Investigations by The Globe and Mail over the past five years have helped to uncover some of the grim statistics and tragic stories that brought us to this point. Here’s a […]