HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021-08-26_Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder ProclamationOffice of the Warden
The Municipality of Chester
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Chester, NS BO) 110
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THE MUNICIPALITY OF
Proclamation
trum Disorder (FASD
i - 10, 202
Awareness
Week
WHEREAS: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder IFASDI is a diaanostic term used to describe impacts �n
the brain and body of individuals prep
atally exposed to alcohol. FASD is a lifelong disability.
Individuals with FASD will experience some degree of challenges in their daily living and need support
with motor skills, physical health, learning, memory, attention, communication, emotional regulation,
and social skills to reach their full potential. Each individual with FASD is unique and has areas of both
strengths and challenges.
WHEREAS: fasdNL is apan-provincial organization that educates, provides supports and resources,
and raises awareness about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in Newfoundland and Labrador
and Atlantic Canada.; and
WHEREAS: fasdNL is leading athree-year FASD prevention, awareness, training, and collaborative
action project in the four Atlantic provinces; and
WHEREAS: FASD Awareness week is devoted to raising awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
(FA)D) to improve prevention of FASD and diagnosis and support for individuals with FASD and
broad public awareness helps to put FASD on the 'map'; and
THEREFORE: I, Warden All Webber, do hereby proclaim the Week of September 6 to 10, 2021 as
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Week in the Municipality of the District of Chester.
Signed at Chester, NC,on this 26th day of August 2021.
Allen Webber, Warden