Savvy Siblings: Strengthening the Financial Security of Your Sibling with a Disability
This free, self-paced online course empowers Canadian adults to build financial security for—and with—their siblings with disabilities.
Siblings Canada Learning Hub
Explore our curated collection of free resources that support siblings of people with disabilities.
Cognitive Accessibility Resources
There are between 2.4 million and 5 million adults with cognitive disabilities in Canada, and millions more around the world. Please use these resources to help make your products, services, workplaces and built environments more inclusive of people of all cognitive abilities.
How to Stop or Prevent Financial Abuse: A Guide for Persons With Cognitive Disabilities
This guide will explain what financial abuse is. It will help you prevent financial abuse from happening to you. It will also tell you how to stop being financial abused by someone, or what to do if you have been financially abused. This guide will show you where to watch videos online to learn more about financial abuse.
Resentment & Parenting with Robyn Gobbel
Resentment is a familiar feeling on this unexpected parenting journey. Despite doing the hard, ongoing work of relearning how to understand behavior, parent, and build a family, some days are still filled with frustration. You’re not a bad person. But resentment just feels bad!
From Placenta to Brain: Alcohol’s Impact on Development
A new study from the UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) looks at how prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) changes placental metabolism and what that means for fetal brain development.
An updated systematic review of the literature on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and the criminal legal system
This updated review identified 54 studies (2017–2024) on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and the criminal legal system—more than double the 2018 review. Most research, from Canada and Australia, highlights growing knowledge but ongoing gaps in interventions, outcomes, and socio-cultural factors. Future research priorities are outlined.
Why is FASD diagnosis important?
Issue paper discusses the need for an early and accurate diagnosis for improving outcomes and quality of life of people affected by FASD.
What it takes to support a loved one with FASD
This photovoice project describes the experiences and the challenges faced by those supporting loved ones with FASD. This photovoice project highlights several themes that are consistent with the results of caregiver research and provide a glimpse into the experience of those supporting loved ones with FASD.
What is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)?
Approximately 4% of Canadians have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). To raise awareness and help build a more supportive community for people with FASD and their families, FASD Ontario breaks down everything you need to know about this disorder.
What Educators Need To Know About FASD
Information for educators about school skills and objectives, communication skills, memory problems and social skills (76 pages)
What Early Childhood Educators Need To Know About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Information and strategies for successful child care and transition to school. Caution: uses old diagnostic terms (68 pages)
