This site provides information about the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA) Inc. (ADAC). You can find out about the projects we run, contact our staff members and access resource material and details of current and past projects. We hope that you find this web site useful in finding out about the work of ADAC and in gaining knowledge about substance misuse. If you found the information in the web site informative or interesting, or completely the opposite, please do not hesitate to send us an email. If you would like further information on the Council please do not hesitate to contact ADAC.
Monday 19th Thursday 22nd May 2008 Members of ADAC joined with the Grannies to talk about what we have done and how we can assist each other there were a number of recommendations that came out of the State meeting.
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These Posters were made early this year. If you want to order one please email or ring Geoff these have a cost of $5 plus GST
SBS to screen a program on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder SBS television will screen a program on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder produced by the Rural Health Education Foundation at 1.00pm on Monday 23 June. The program titled "Drinking for Two?" is a half-hour documentary which poses the question "Is it safe to drink at all while you're pregnant?" The program profiles a number of people affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, along with their families. It illustrates the issues for children, adults and Indigenous communities in particular. The program is presented by Julie McCrossin, former presenter of ABC Radio National's Life Matters, and includes experts Professor Elizabeth Elliot (The Children's Hospital at Westmead, NSW), Ms Lorian Hayes (National Indigenous Australian Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Education Network) and Dr Lara Wieland (Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre, QLD). "Drinking for Two?" can be experienced online via video web streaming and audio podcast and is also available for purchase from the Rural Health Education Foundation. For more information, go to www.rhef.com.au/programs/708/708.html
Scott, Byron, and Isabella and Geoff also Scekar and Coralie from DASSA visit the jail
FASD is a window through which to view the state of our world. While it has a profound impact on individual, families and all aspects of society, it is also a stimulus for change