A partnership with the hospitality industry to encourage establishments that serve liquor to raise FAS awareness among both staff and customers. Support for more programs that have proven they work, such as Sheway in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside and Healthier Babies, Brighter Futures in Burns Lake. More and better information about the effects of FAS and partial FAS on children and youth in B.C. and their families, including a more accurate measure of the cost to the province and which strategies will achieve the best results. Pallan said investing in prevention and early intervention would reduce harm to society and to individuals. It would be short-sighted not to move ahead at full speed.
Any delay sentences more children to a life of constant struggle with a hidden disability.
Some of the recommendations will take time, but others can happen immediately. He said the issue presents a challenge and requires political will and commitment, but added that without intense support throughout their lives, children with FAS are not likely to be financially or socially self-sufficient. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a medical diagnosis that refers to a cluster of anomalies associated with alcohol use during pregnancy.