FASD Research Team

Focuses on how FASD is understood in different communities of practice & the impact of those understandings. We have a resource page. Check it out & follow us!

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

@CanFASD @NOFAS_USA - please RT: FREE #FASD & #Justice workshop March 5 in Vancouver. Registration is over 100 but a few spots still left. Register ASAP at https://t.co/V8WnPkPIc4

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Excited for FREE FASD & Justice event coming up March 5 in Vancouver. Registration is over 100 but a few spots still left. Register ASAP athttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/fasd-and-the-justice-system-transforming-practices-tickets-54734308791?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Thanks @ConversationCA for proactive and ethical journalism. Each time we can take actions to help challenge the stigma surrounding #FASD and other #disabilities it is a great step forward. You are leading by example for other news outlets. #canpoli #socialjustice

[John Aspler @LostCadence]

@ConversationCA @FASDproject @CarlyMcMorris @CanFASD Wonderful, thanks so much for your engagement and for hearing the criticism! I just wanted to note that the embedded image is still the same (i.e., if I try to post it on Facebook we still see the pregnant woman, or above on Twitter), though I do not know if that can be changed.

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

If a large number of people with a disability are involved in the justice system should we take action? Yes.
If those same people are experiencing forms of historic & ongoing systemic racism should action be taken? Yes. #TRCAction
Here's some ideas ...
https://t.co/2YIUEQBilW

[Kids Brain Health Network @KidsBrainHealth]

There are at least 400,000 children and young adults up to the age of 24 with disabilities in Canada. Peers can play an important role in decreasing stigma, if we start early teaching and modeling inclusion.

[Harry Blagg @HarryBlagg1]

Me at the fantastic YACWA conference in Perth last week

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

@LostCadence @DrBradMcKay Agreed @Lostcadence - I ran my article in @ConversationCA the same day that @CarlyMcMorris & colleagues released theirs (interesting article!). I'll follow up the outlet to share this idea with them & their great editors! FYI: @CanFASD media resources: https://t.co/6LHfSO44wG

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Thanks @DrBradMcKay for sharing the article.
SIDE NOTE: the image of a bare pregnant tummy & glass of wine is something we need to actively ask the media to dump in their stock shots for FASD articles. It is a dated image. One idea: we generate creative commons images to share!

[Dr Brad McKay @DrBradMcKay]

Mandatory warning labels will now be required on alcohol sold in Australia and New Zealand in an effort to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder #FASD https://t.co/MwenrbZgHW

[Prov. Outreach Prog. @POPFASD]

Infographic: FASD, How Common Is It? https://t.co/5xhSH7jkyB via @EdmontonEFAN

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

12 steps for tangible criminal justice reform as it relates to #reconciliation in #Canada - TRC #34 and a Framework for Action on #FASD. #candpoli #disabilty #justice #evidencebasedpolicy #justicereform - check out link and please RT
https://t.co/2YIUEQBilW

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

@Prison_Health - Check out Framework for Action that responds to #TRC Call to Action #34 (over-representation of people w/#FASD in CJS). Includes 12 recommendations for tangible Justice Reform. PLEASE RT: https://t.co/2YIUEQBilW #TRC #reconciliation #justice

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Thanks to @vianne_timmons & @UofRegina for ongoing support for research & KT in field of #FASD research including help to launch Framework For Action on TRC Call #33. *Please RT*
Link to article includes access to Framework: https://t.co/2YIUEQBilW #TRC #reconciliation #justice

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

@SenSincmurr: thank-you for conversations a few years ago when you visited @UofRegina - continues to inform our work on #FASD, #TRC and Justice Reform including Framework for Action on TRC Call #33. We hope you will read & share link to article & Framework https://t.co/2YIUEQBilW

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Please RT: Looking for ideas on how to engage with the #TRC? Are you working with people with #fasd in #justice or #CriminalJustice system? This article includes 12 recommendations and a link to free Framework for Action on TRC Call to Action #34 https://t.co/2YIUEQBilW

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Our research team @UofRegina partnered w/@CanFASD released Framework for Action on #TRC Call to Action #34 that focuses on over-representation of people w/FASD in the justice system. #FASD #justice #reconciliation #canpoli
Story here + link to free report: https://t.co/2YIUEQjGXm

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

We hope that the current review of the Criminal Justice System in Canada will include these important issues. https://t.co/tnMWZqpr1V https://t.co/tQ5czbIqU5

[VAD Society @VADisabilities]

Apology sought for 'disturbing' confinement of people with #disabilities https://t.co/ma8NbQP12n

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Please check out and RT our *OPEN ACCESS* article. This is a systematic literature review about #FASD & the Criminal Justice System. Fortunate to work with Katherine Flannigan, Jacqueline Pei & Alexandra Johnson thru @canFASD on this piece. Share widely! https://t.co/neyaJgVNxB

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Want to know more about the "Playing to Our Strengths" project and how you can use improv to help increase social connections and celebrating creativity? Check out or short video and look for us online (https://t.co/IZEK5oNGrF) #fasd #strengths #improv
https://t.co/oAKgo3xNGV

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Friendly reminder that you can download a strengths-based FREE resource for agencies and individuals interested in learning about how improv can be a great resource to connect people and play to our strengths! https://t.co/IZEK5oNGrF

[FASD Research Team @FASDproject]

Thanks to everyone that has been involved in this project! Free, strengths-base resource .... #FASD meets #Improv!
https://t.co/VZLTxBqmqW