FASD Media Guide [zip archive] – This tool kit is intended for health care professionals, service providers, journalists, or anyone who might speak to the media about FASD. Use this resource to help guide you on how to speak to the media about FASD, or how to run your own media campaign on FASD/alcohol and pregnancy, ensuring that the language you use is informed, inclusive, and non-stigmatizing.

Introduction to the tool kit
FASD 101
Language & Images Matter
Tips for Creating Effective Alcohol and Pregnancy Awareness Campaigns
Common Messages: Guidelines for talking & writing about FASD
Guide des Medias: Lignes directrices pour parler et écrire sur TSAF

English

Common Messaging Guide—The purpose of this document is to assist those writing and talking about people with FASD or the issues related to the disability to use the same statistics, framing of topics, and language.

Reporting on Alcohol, Alcohol Use in Pregnancy, and FASD – The purpose of this resource is to answer common questions about alcohol use, alcohol use during pregnancy, and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to support understanding and reporting by those working in the media.

Language Guide—This guide is intended to provide alternative words or phrases for those commonly found in news media and other public communications. We propose these be used in an effort to promote the dignity of those living with FASD and their families.

Manitoba FASD Strategic Meeting Report (May 2017)—A FrameWorks Map the Gaps Report: Seeing the Spectrum: Mapping the Gaps between Expert and Public Understandings of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Manitoba

Français

Messages Communs — Le présent document a pour but d’aider les personnes qui écrivent et parlent des personnes atteintes du TSAF ou des problèmes liés au trouble à utiliser les mêmes statistiques, cadrage des sujets et langage. En utilisant ces suggestions de manière constante, le lecteur / auditeur comprendra mieux le domaine du TSAF.

Parler de TSAF—Ce guide a été réalisé pour fournir des mots ou expressions autres que ceux couramment utilisés dans notre société. Nous proposons l’utilisation de ces mots afin de promouvoir la dignité de ceux atteints des Troubles du Spectre de l’Alcoolisation Fœtale (TSAF) et leur famille.