He's gotten into fights, hit teachers and started fires inside and outside the school. Their adoptive mother, Vale Surbey, says the brothers illustrate the two paths people with FAS can take. About 25 per cent of the prison population is fetal alcohol-affected, said Zenon Liasakowski, prevention education consultant for the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba, citing a study in British Columbia.
Prison is the worst place for people with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Like people with Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders, Christopher can exhibit some bizarre, dangerous behaviour and his condition isn't going to get better. She remembers the time Christopher played chicken with vehicles on Jefferson Avenue near their home and got hit by a car. A while later, he stole a bike and rode it recklessly through traffic. He didn't learn the first time because he can't, said his mom. His brain cannot compute the consequences of his actions.