There are two things. With FASD, the biggest challenge we had on the network was assessments. To diagnose FASD is not as simple as some people may think.
One of the other panel members mentioned that there are sometimes many complex issues. We found that it's very expensive to do these assessments. We have to hire doctors and things like that.
We got funding to do it, but it would take so long for us to be able to diagnose each person. Based on the interviews they did, they suspected the proportion was at least more than half.
To your point about its being a brain injury, another problem with these courts is that we have mental health courts, but they do not take FASD people, because basically that's a brain injury. They don't consider it a mental health issue. Perhaps it might be factored into sentencing, but otherwise these people are treated just like everyone else.
If we did a national inquiry on how many people who are in jail suffer from FASD, I assume the rate would be extremely high.