Spread the word to your audience using our proposed messaging that is grounded in dignity-informed and harm-reducing language.
Use the sample posts below or make them your own to highlight why the Beauty in Brain Differences campaign is important to you.
- Let’s celebrate the strengths of Inuit with #FASD.
- It’s time for Inuit with FASD to lead the conversation.
Let’s come together to listen, learn, and see things with a new outlook. #BeautyInBrainDifference - Together we can end #FASD #stigma and ensure all Inuit receive support, care, and community.
- Discover the #BeautyInBrainDifference today 👉 pauktuutit.ca/beauty-in-brain-differences
| Key Messages | |
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| Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong disability that affects the brain and body of a person exposed to alcohol in the womb. | ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᒫᒥᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑐᖅ, ᖃᕆᓴᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᐊᖓᓃᑦᑎᓪᓗᒍ. |
| The diagnostic term was changed from ʻsyndromeʼ to ʻspectrum disorderʼ because people with FASD have strengths and challenges unique to them; no two people with FASD are the same. | ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐅᑎᖃᓲᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ʻᖃᓄᐃᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅʼ ᐅᓇ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓲᖑᓕᖅᑐᖅ ʻᖃᕆᓴᖓᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᓐᓇᕐᒥᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ. |
| It is helpful to understand FASD as a brain difference. | ᐃᑲᔪᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᒐᓱᐊᕈᑦᑕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᖏᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᓐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. |
| Alcohol in Inuit Nunangat has a specific history tied to the arrival of settlers, policies of assimilation that sought to destroy Inuit ways of life, and ongoing intergenerational trauma. | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑎᑭᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ. |
| Inuit with FASD see and move through the world with a unique perspective. Thereʼs beauty in brain differences. Letʼs celebrate all of us. | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᑕᐅᑐᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᑉᐱᓐᓂᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑐᒋᑦ. ᐃᓅᓯᖅᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᕕᐊᓲᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᑕ. |
| Letʼs end FASD stigma and support people with FASD to ensure that all Inuit receive support, care, and community. | ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᙳᓲᑎᒋᐊᖃᕈᓐᓃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᒋᐊᖃᖔᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕈᑎᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᕕᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ, ᐃᑉᐱᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. |
| Itʼs time for Inuit with FASD to lead the conversation. Letʼs come together to listen, learn, and see things with a new outlook. | ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᑦᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᖅᑎᒋᐊᖃᖅᑕᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒪᖃᑎᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑕᕗᑦ. ᐃᓕᓴᕕᒋᓗᒋᑦ, ᓈᓚᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓚᐅᒋᔭᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᖁᓗᒋᑦ. |