Major landmarks across Australia will go red this September to mark International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Month, encouraging conversations about FASD and the importance of supporting alcohol-free pregnancies.
More than 60 sites including Federation Square, the Story Bridge, the Matagarup Bridge and the Big Banana, will be lit up red on 9 September to mark FASD Awareness Day.
FASD is the leading preventable developmental disability in Australia.
Red flags will be flown throughout Canberra, and an event will be held at Parliament House on 9 September with lived experience advocates and community organisations.
The Australian Government is proud to support this campaign to increase awareness of FASD to create generational change in achieving alcohol-free pregnancies.
Co-Chair, national FASD Advisory Group and Chair, FASD Hub Australia, Professor Elizabeth Elliott AM said: "Each week in my FASD clinic I meet children with devastating health, learning and behavioural challenges."
FASD is deeply misunderstood and often misdiagnosed.
Find a full list of locations being lit up red here.