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Published May 3rd, 2007
What a great pair of interviewers David and Kim are. They obviously did their homework and certainly made me feel comfortable in the studio. I thank them for their commitment to this cause and their understanding of the seriousness of this issue.
Published April 22nd, 2007
Even the experts are unsure how much is safe
Published April 18th, 2007
I just read a blog which suggested that because fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is caused by consistently using alcohol in excess of the guidelines, and because it has been shown that small amounts of alcohol seem NOT to cause FAS, that we should not be telling women that they should abstain completely from alcohol during […]
Published April 12th, 2007
I know very little about the way the Education System works other than there are private and public schools and my boys had very difficult experiences in both. What I do know though is that children with FASD will continue to have difficult, soul destroying stays in our education system until we ackowledge that not […]
Published April 5th, 2007
Its about time that government leaders in health and Indigenous Affairs realised that many of the problems associated with life in Indigenous communities such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, drug and alcohol problems, incarceration, lack of self determination, unemployment, infant mortality, sexual deviancy, low birth weight babies, lack of motivation and the seeming inability to […]
Published January 27th, 2007
Woohoo At last Seth has started to take giving up drugs and alcohol seriously. He has tried and tried to give up cannabis. The problem is that he refused to go to rehab or AA or NA, and up to now has refused to do to the doctor to see if he can get Naltrexone. He […]
Published January 26th, 2007
Seth and Hayley have had the usual ups and downs, trouble with mates wanting to fight; someone taking to their fence with an axe; Hayley wanting to leave and move to another town and Seth wanting to stay where he is; Hayley giving Seth an ultimatum about his drug use; Seth running over a little […]
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