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- Epigenetics studies of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: where are we now?
- Leading Cause of Intellectual Disabilities is Preventable
- This is the first study to the authors’ knowledge to show the presence of increased IIV in children with FASD..."
- Alcohol abuse even before pregnancy may harm offspring
- How We Let Go Of “Normal” When Our Children Were Diagnosed With FASD.
- This new study is interesting in that it does not state whether or not the child had been exposed to environmental teratogens
- Zika prep confirms microcephaly and FASD link
- where next for preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the UK?
- Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
- https://news.vice.com/story/the-invisible-disability-caught-in-canadas-prison-system
- "...Bagnell says he’s going to continue lobbying for parts of the bill to be included in other pieces of legislation, especially the ongoing review of the Criminal Code by Minister Wilson-Raybould..." “...'This is not necessarily a criminal justice issue,
- "When I think about my three adopted children who have been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, I think about how they absolutely amaze me..."
- Who in Europe drinks the most?
- FASD should be considered at all stages of criminal justice system
- Comorbid Mental Disorders in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review.
- Teenage murderer denied sentence appeal over concerns he has FASD
- There is no risk-free level of alcohol use during pregnancy
- "CanFASD, Canada’s leading FASD research network, says that a recent article posted by the The Guardian presents potentially harmful information about pregnancy and alcohol..."
- Cruel and all-too-usual PUNISHMENT
- paternal alcohol consumption may also be responsible for FASD
- "Retreat workshop for parents and caregivers offers comfort and connection..."
- Hospitalization risk factors for kids with autism identified
- 26 novel genes linked to intellectual disability
- Wiring of the 'little brain' linked to multiple forms of mental illness
- Matty marches with the band in the RCMP
- Northern Ontario's acceptance of 'excessive use of alcohol' a barrier to controlling it
- Evaluation of Indigenous program
- Even moderate drinking can damage the brain, claim researchers
- F.C. Zhou Indiana University "... examined DNA methylation in the onset of alcohol-induced cortical thinning in a mouse model of FASD..."
- Moderate Drinking Associated with Structural Brain Changes
- The Psychiatric Morbidity of Women Who Give Birth to Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): Results of the Manitoba Mothers and FASD Study
- "...Present punitive methods will only increase the magnitude of medical and social problems facing this vulnerable population." Katrina Hui, Dept. of Psychiatry, U of Toronto
- "What do you do when your kid doesn't make sense? Mike Berry has an answer..."
- Two Recent Approaches to FASD Diagnosis
- Mapping the Gaps between Expert and Public Understandings of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Manitoba
- First ever Student Spotlight: Harrison Grogan
- "Committee investigates human rights issues with Indigenous, elderly and mentally ill inmates..."
- How to help your child with FASD deal with grief
- "...Emily Travis, Myles Himmelreich, and C.J. Lutke are the researchers behind a survey that found adults with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder suffer from other medical conditions at higher rates than the general population..."
- Differential Recruitment of Brain Regions During Response Inhibition in Children Prenatally Exposed to Alcohol
- Are parents liable for their babies' prenatally acquired injuries?
- People with fetal alcohol syndrome appear prone to health conditions, survey says
- Adults with fetal alcohol syndrome appear prone to health conditions, survey says
- One in three WA youth detainees have foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- Ninety per cent of inmates at the provincial jail in Kenora, Ont., are Indigenous and all of them are suffering from mental illness, cognitive impairment
- "...case law reviews can illuminate the complexities of accounting for FASD during legal proceedings..."
- STUDY FINDS EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT ALCOHOL USE AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN AND RURAL YOUTH
- Biomarkers for the Detection of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: A Review Heidi Bager, Lars Porskjaer Christensen, Steffen Husby and Lene Bjerregaard
- Podcast: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Lyme geographical distribution
- Alcohol industry subverting science
- Alcohol industry subverting science to prevent greater regulation, study finds
- Bridging the gap: from evidence to improved health for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – The Global Impact
- Happy New Year!
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics, Complications, and Treatment
- New Social Justice Chief relishes chance to make a difference
- Pregnant? Never Yield to these cravings
- 7th International Conference on FASD
- evealing associations between birth defects and a father’s age, alcohol use and environmental factors
- Blenheim woman Donella Knox details the struggles caring for her autistic daughter
- Secret - Drinking Alcohol
- Executive Functioning and the Troubled Brain
- Townsville youth offenders targeted by specialist court as state election battlelines drawn
- Blame and shame about drinking while pregnant shows distrust of women
- Mothers of people with FASD need recognition and more services
- Larger Pregnancy Warning Label Angers Winemakers
- Maternal choline supplementation used in an ongoing prospective
- "A mother who drank excessively while pregnant and gave birth to a baby with serious, alcohol-related problems has been cleared of claims that she committed a criminal offence..."
- January is officially National Birth Defects Prevention Month.
- "MotherToBaby Launches Free App Connecting Moms with Experts in Real-time..."
- Adult FASD clinic now open in Vancouver
- "New report documents urgent need to replace youth prisons with rehabilitation-focused alternatives"
- Cost of Addiction
- Women now drinking 'almost as much alcohol as men'
- SCIENTISTS PROPOSE NEUROSCIENCE FRAMEWORK FOR DIAGNOSING ADDICTIONS
- Free Pregnancy Tests in YK Bars Promote FASD Awareness
- "...My children and countless others are being ignored, misunderstood and mistreated..."
- Fathers-to-be urged to join pregnant partners in alcohol abstinence
- How to recognise auditory issues in ylur child
- Me, my mutation and I: smoking destroys DNA
- Mental Health Co-morbidity in Children and Adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- New diagnosis proposed for disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure
- 6 Things Educators and School Staff Should Know About FASD
- Early intervention to improve the health of infants and children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol
- Urine of pregnant women could be used to predict fetal growth and birth weight
- Blood Test May Help Identify Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Review of the physical features of the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- Hearing loss among Indigenous children in NT detention 'widespread': royal commission submission
- FAS fails to dampen Tisha’s spirits
- Taking Action on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: 2016–2019: An action plan for NZ
- NIAAA advances fetal alcohol exposure research
- The hidden epidemic of alcohol-related brain damage
- "NeuroDevNet researchers have made the first steps towards identifying an epigenetic signature for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)..."
- NIH releases improved guidelines for diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- The debate Did you drink at all while pregnant?
- PATCHES Paediatrics FASD clinics – Perth, Kimberley’s, Pilbara
- DNA methylation signature of human fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- Does paternal drinking affect fetal development?
- Fathers can increase fetal alcohol risk
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Implications for Juvenile and Family Court Judges April 25, 2016
- KPDSB Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder program applauded at Toronto symposium
- Success being found in Regina's Mental Health Disposition Court
- Mothering Project: Effective prevention with vulnerable families
- I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY I PARENT MY SPECIAL-NEEDS SON MIKE BERRY
- In a First, Study Examines the Effects of Alcohol, Marijuana, and Meth on Human Placenta
- I Was Diagnosed With FASD at 34
- Blaming mothers no fix for alcohol problem
- Sad News for SAMSHA
- Theory of Mind in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- FASD-related Events in Canada
- A mother of three children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder shares her experiences.
- Karri's story
- The 7th National Biennial Conference on FASD
- NOFAS News January 2016
- Supports and resources for families caring for children with FASD
- "Researchers from Hospital for Sick Children..a preliminary study to test the hypothesis that elevated blood PEth concentrations can help to identifying women with prenatal alcohol exposure who are at higher risk of adverse pregnancy
- "...on alcohol consumption during pregnancy: a focus group study among women in Sweden..."
- New Resources Available From the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
- "...the new guidelines for pregnant women have now been updated in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to be clear that no level of alcohol is safe to drink in pregnancy..."
- Women Influenced Differently Than Men by Alcoholic Parent
- Carer Gateway: New service for carers launched this week
- POVERTY MAY SLIGHTLY INCREASE CHILDHOOD RISK OF NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT, NIH STUDY SUGGESTS
- New Canadian guidelines
- Latest research on the link between fathers who drink and use drugs and the consequences to offspring
- Housing support in Edmonton Canada for people with FASD
- 2 NC schools get grant to study of impact of alcohol on blacks
- Ontario Advocacy group reaching out to family caregivers
- POPFASD The Provincial Outreach Program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence – Partner News!
- "Police and EMS personnel being trained to look for MedicAlert bracelets, and how to handle those with FASD..."
- Telethon Kids Newsletter
- EUFASD
- New FASD Website for Queensland
- NIH Grant Seeks Early Intervention to Prevent Fetal Exposure to Alcohol, Marijuana, and Tobacco
- More birth defects caused by drinking during pregnancy than reported
- Indigenous Australians with MHDCD in the CJS Project
- Dr Kerryn Bagley FASD Consultant
- Aboriginal woman held in WA jail without conviction for nearly 2 years
- Foetal Alcohol Disorder Tests May Be Used by WA Courts
- Screening for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder could impact level of youth crime, experts say
- MLAs still pushing for N.W.T. liquor profits to go toward addictions treatment
- Sperm protein links father's lifestyle with offspring's health
- Four reasons to have your adoptive child evaluated for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
- Ranch for Kids to host training weekend for parents of children with FASD and RAD
- 25 per cent of the population in the country's youth prisons had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- Alcoholic women in addiction program more likely to newborns seized: study
- Program helps families coping with fetal alcohol syndrome
- Test all babies for alcohol syndrome
- Teen sentenced to six years in prison for stabbing death of Jesse Clarke
- Proposal may ease access to education services for FASD
- Professionals without Parachutes: Supporting Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
- When someone with FASD is arrested: what you need to know
- The Australian FASD Action Plan
- FASD Training Package for Post-Secondary Instructors: SK
- FASD Introductory Webinars for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
- International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day
- More support needed for FASD: advocates
- Oakville mom shares daughter’s story living with FASD
- Why do we still put young people in solitary confinement?
- 6th Anishinabek G7 FASD Conference: Sault Ste Marie
- Biomarkers for suicide
- We Aren't As Informed About Intellectual Disabilities As We Think We Are
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder mislabelled, more widespread in WA than thought, researcher ...
- Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder mislabelled, more widespread in WA than thought, researcher says
- Sport TV exposing children to thousands of alcohol-advertisements per year
- Dr. Carl Bell Says Fetal Alcohol Syndrome ‘Biggest Public Health Problem For African-Americans Since Slavery’
- Kerryn Bagley - FASD Consultant Brisbane
- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in South Africa
- "Using a single binge drinking question to identify Russian women at risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy..."
- Subject: NIH STUDY FINDS ALCOHOL USE DISORDER ON THE INCREASE
- Research on Adolescents and Adults: If Not Now, When?
- Understanding FASD – a guide for Justice Professionals’
- Boy's death exposes gaps in support for those with FASD: Sask.
- New Study Examines Missed and Misdiagnosed FASD
- Baird pledges $2.3 million to fight fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, new centre
- Geraldton Aboriginal Medical Service [GAMS] conference
- One glass of wine can stop foetus breathing, new study claims
- FDA Recognizes ‘Drinking Less’ as Acceptable Outcome
- Determination of maternal-fetal biomarkers of prenatal exposure to ethanol: a review1
- Determination of maternal-fetal biomarkers of prenatal exposure to ethanol: a review.
- Extreme Rate of Prenatal Alcohol Disorders in Poor
- Study: Even a Little Alcohol during Pregnancy Could Stop Some Growing Babies from Breathing
- Experts Spread Message About 'Preventable Birth Defects' on First-Ever World Birth Defects Day
- Alcohol screening, intervention for risky drinking: A guide for physicians
- New DSM Code Should Benefit Clinicians, Researchers
- Experts work to keep expectant mothers from drinking
- Increased DNA mutations found in children of teenage fathers
- Fitzroy Valley praised for response to scourge of foetal alcohol syndrome
- Characteristics of Women Who Consume Alcohol Before and After Pregnancy Recognition in a Canadian Sample: A Prospective Cohort Study
- Electroencephalographic correlates of working memory deficits in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder using a single-electrode pair recording device
- Fine Motor Skills in Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Message on Drinking When Pregnant is Clear: Zero for Nine
- High Rates of Missed Diagnoses of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- "...a research team at Temple University School of Medicine is developing a test to identify maternal blood biomarkers that can assess fetal neurodevelopment in the first and second trimesters..."
- "...Prenatal alcohol exposure is one of the most prevalent, modifiable risk factors for physical (in particular neurological), behavioral, and cognitive problems in the offspring..."
- "A new policy paper from an academic calls for limits on the influence of the drinks industry in shaping alcohol policy because it has a ‘fundamental conflict of interest’..."
- “Developing Services for Canadians Living with FASD” interview with Dorothy Badry on Family Caregivers Unite!
- Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Racial and Social Class Bias
- Drinking problems among women on the rise, study finds
- FASD Issue Papers from the Canada FASD Research Network provide a quick overview of recent research
- Temple's Goetzl to study alcohol's impact on fetal brain
- A quarter of babies are now being born with fetal alcohol syndrome in some places
- ADHD, conduct disorder increase alcohol and tobacco use in young adolescents
- Mother cleared over pregnancy drinking
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Is More Common Than We Thought
- Young child denied compensation for mother's excessive pregnant drinking
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder shaves two years off Edmonton driver’s prison sentence
- Study: Fetal alcohol is double what was believed in S.F
- A little alcohol in pregnancy not tied to low birth weight and preterm delivery
- Brain abnormality found in group of SIDS cases
- Grateful for the journey
- Women urged off alcohol during pregnancy
- FREE FASD Online Learning Tools with Continuing Education Credits!
- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome Results from Multiple Maternal Factors during Pregnancy
- First Contact - SBS
- Alcohol During Pregnancy, Is It Safe? How Much Is Too Much?
- How safe is alcohol use in pregnancy?
- Productivity Losses Because of Morbidity Attributable to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Canada: A Demographic Approach
- The battle for Fitzroy Crossing: June Oscar is at the helm again
- Mom's prenatal hardship turns baby's genes on and off
- More Kids Harmed by Drinking in Pregnancy Than Expected, Study Reports
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Bottle babies: the devastation of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- Foetal Alcohol Syndrome moving into second and third generations in some indigenous communities
- Indefinite jail terms for FASD sufferers inappropriate, WA Chief Justice Wayne Martin says
- Implementing CHOICES in Clinical Settings That Serve American Indian and Alaska Native Women of Childbearing Age
- Planning and Implementing Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol Use: A Step-by-Step Guide for Primary Care Practices
- NIH AWARDS AIM TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF CELL PATHWAYS, DEVELOPMENT OF NEW THERAPIES
- Gold Coast leads Australia in FASD research - Dr Doug Shelton
- Gold Coast leads Australia in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder research - Dr Doug Shelton
- Local mother spreads awareness for FASD
- Fitzroy Crossing women tackle alcohol scourge
- http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/253966/funding-needed-for-foetal-alcohol-sydrome
- Funding needed for foetal alcohol sydrome
- Review of the Crimes Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrom Awareness Day announced in Oklahoma
- The LOOP
- Parents campaign for Queensland magistrates to be given power to assess mental impairments
- Subject: link for David Boulding's Fetal Alcohol and the Law
- NOFAS has a new webpage full of resources specifically for adults with FASD.
- FASDAY 2014 - Events from around the world
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Offender Reentry:
- ADHD, substance abuse and conduct disorder develop from the same neurocognitive deficits
- Australia's Boozy Spots Revealed
- New UK Report highlights CMHA’s work on Mental Health and Criminal Justice
- Involuntary eye movement a foolproof indication for ADHD diagnosis
- Alternatives to Incarceration for Criminal Offenders with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
- FASD Awareness Day 2014
- FETAL ALCOHOL & OTHER NEUROBEHAVIORAL CONDITIONS:
- FASD in the DTES Conference Registration Open
- Health warnings on alcohol bottles should be compulsory – MPs
- Tools for Success: Working With Youth With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the Juvenile Justice System.
- Clues to How Heavy Drinking in Pregnancy Harms Child's Brain
- Even Moderate Alcohol During Pregnancy Can Slow Brain Function In Teens
- FASDAY 2014
- Women Want to Know
- Pinpointing the damage alcohol does to the brain
- Children's ability to play affected after mothers drinking while pregnant - new findings
- Adoption -Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Anger at ‘sleeping monster’ of foetal alcohol disorders
- Obama Administration Opposes Tennessee Law Making it a Crime to Use Drugs while Pregnant
- Alcohol Exposure In Utero and Child Academic Achievement
- Why is FASD diagnosis so important?
- Fetal Alcohol Programming of Hypothalamic Proopiomelanocortin System by Epigenetic Mechanisms and Later Life Vulnerability to Stress
- Research Shows Alcohol Increases Atrial Fibrillation Risk
- Adoption Involving Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Britain may soon make it a criminal offence for pregnant women to drink alcohol
- Do you need to know more about autism?
- Inherited 'memory' of poor nutrition during pregnancy passed through sperm of male offspring
- Alcohol labelling falls short - midwife
- NZ’s casual attitude sets us up for misery ...alcohol
- Giving voice: evaluation of an integrated telehealth community care model...
- "Three key areas of dysfunction reported as having a significant impact on how adolescents with Prenatal Alcohol
- Placental marker of prenatal stress linked to brain mitochondrial dysfunction
- "Free pregnancy tests are a good way to fight fetal alcohol syndrome. Condoms are better...." "... Free condoms will be available alongside the pregnancy tests. But the state won’t pay for them..."
- Fetal Alcohol Exposure Among African Americans
- Eye Tracking Shows Promise as Screening Tool for Children With FASD
- David Boulding's video Fetal Alcohol and the Law
- Liberty and Security of the Persons
- Time to stop using that revolving door
- the role of paternal substance use in the development of an FASD child
- CBA urges support of Bill C-583 on FASD
- Recruiting new drinkers: The impact of alcohol marketing on children
- Because of FASD, justice takes time in Barrow courtroom
- Health and Wellbeing Developmental Disabilities Conference: Vancouver
- "Mentally Impaired Accused on Custody Orders: Not Guilty But Incarcerated Indefinitely"
- Calls for New Way for NFP Sector to Work Together
- Prenatal alcohol exposure tied to balance, coordination problems
- Dr Jan Hammill nominated by the rffada wins NIDAC award
- Australia Looks Into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Call for action on foetal alcohol syndrome
- My Life My Plan - teen reproductive health booklet from Best Start
- Yukon leads the country with the start of FASD prevalence study
- Long-term genomic and epigenomic dysregulation as a consequence of prenatal alcohol exposure
- Dr Jan Hammill speaks to 98.9FM
- Registration for EUFASD 3 is now open
- Fetal syndrome ‘must be recognised as disability’ : Australia
- Girl harmed by alcohol in womb wins payout: U.K.
- The most infamous examples of this would be fetal alcohol syndrome and the low birth weights associated with smoking while pregnant..."
- Dr. Sterling Clarren talks about the challenges of protecting babies from this lifelong disability.
- New Map Of Fetal Brain May Shed Light On Developmental Disorders
- "...While it is a clear that massage is beneficial for many children, those affected by FASD may see some wonderful improvements following the intervention of pediatric massage therapy."
- Caregiver Curriculum on FASD 2014 is Online!
- "As a state senator 25 years ago, John Binkley filed a several bills to combat fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska. His effort had a lasting impact in many ways..."
- Despite progress, an uncertain future in Alaska's battle against fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
- Foster kids need aid beyond 18: report
- Women should refrain from drinking alcohol before they try to become pregnant, according to maternal-fetal medicine specialists...at Loyola University Health System...
- Inquiry hears impact of foetal alcohol syndrome in Kimberley
- PART 2 of Dr. Rod Densmore's interview from the Living With FASD 2013 Summit
- "...The first TIP to deal directly with the topic of FASD, TIP 58 provides best-practice guidelines for preventing and addressing FASD
- FARE FASD Action Plan
- FASD: New Voice for Experts in the Field
- 1. Identification of FASD could help modify treatment and improve outcomes
- Dr. Sterling Clarren was in Toledo recently to talk with social-service providers at an event sponsored by DoubleARC,
- Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy
- Screening to ensure justice for fetal alcohol disorder kids
- Expert: Health care bills for children with FASD are 9 times higher than other kids
- Call for Abstracts
- FASD update 5 Mar 2013 New Zealand Aotearoa
- An End to Alphabet Soup: FASD and Changes in the DSM5
- One in four drink while pregnant: study Australia
- A New Website for CCSA! Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
- SAMHSA's Data Archive
- Recently there have been press reports about court cases against women who drank during pregnancy.
- Compass: Alaska should invest in effective means of treatment and prevention of FASD
- Why no one can say exactly how much is safe to drink while pregnant
- "Jacob's Story" is a play about a boy named Jacob who has FASD.
- Alcohol & Me: Five things you should know about FASD
- "My goal in life is to give her the best life she can have"
- Alcohol & Me: 'Yes he is different, but he is loved'
- Is it autism or FASD?
- How much is safe?
- What you don't know about drinking and pregnancy: Four mothers tell their stories
- 4 families seek to confront, understand FASD
- A diagnosis can change the life of a child with FASD
- Alaska families try to sever the link between sexual abuse and FASD
- Inside Legislature's war declaration on FASD, 2 ideas for fighting epidemic
- 'I feel blessed and very thankful that I'm here'
- Senator proposes state-funded pregnancy tests in 'war' on FASD
- Under fire, Kelly says FASD prevention group remains 'hesitant' to embrace free birth control
- Disorganized cortical patches suggest prenatal origin of autism
- Second Special Issue: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- FASD "...here are 9 things parents and parents-to-be should know about it..."
- Future generations could inherit drug and alcohol use
- The implications of FASD and autism
- SELECT COMMITTEE FOR FOETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER
- Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign media (related to FASD)
- Even light drinking in early pregnancy raises risk of small or preterm baby
- Support for pregnant mothers who drink is lacking
- As fetal alcohol exposure gets bigger spotlight, here are 9 things parents and parents-to-be should know about it
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD): An under-recognized issue that may be on the rise
- NT Health Minister's comment on Roseanne Fulton
- I rise tonight to speak in support of Roseanne Fulton. Specifically I speak in support of the release of Roseanne Fulton from prison in Western Australia. She is in prison without conviction. This is a disgraceful situation. She should be released imm
- Parliament Speech – Roseanne Fulton
- Tony Abbott calls for briefing on mentally impaired Aboriginal woman
- Rosie Ann Fulton
- FASD will shortly be a registered disability in Australia
- Who are some of the children in care? Saskatchewan
- More education on fetal alcohol effects needed
- Evaluation of a three-year Youth Outreach Program for Aboriginal youth with suspected Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Facing the Challenge: FASD and Frontline Policing
- Neurodevelopmental Paradigm for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Criminalising pregnant women for drinking alcohol 'wrong response'
- Pregnancy drinking examined as possible crime in landmark case
- Complexities during transitions to adulthood for youth with disabilities
- Recent publications from around the Globe
- The International Charter on Prevention of FASD article
- Dr Jan Hammill - rffada's Indigenous Advisor
- ICAP Announces Launch of New Alcohol-Related Research Database
- 'How much can I drink?'
- "Autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are different disabilities with some similar symptoms....
- Kristi Abrahams called 'putrid dog' and told to 'rot in hell' as she was sentenced to 16 years for murder of 'vulnerable and defenceless' Kiesha
- Abstract Submission Deadline, March 7, 2014 NeuroDevNet
- Inquiry into the harmful use of alcohol in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- Lives and crimes: Kids who suffer foetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- The ‘silent epidemic’ of chemical toxins hurting our children
- New research reinforces danger of drinking alcohol while pregnant U.K.
- NDIS Webinar, ‘A Strong Voice: Self Advocacy’
- Professor Elizabeth Elliott interviewed on FASD
- Survey - adults with FASD
- I drank alcohol throughout my three pregnancies, but should I have done?
- transcripts of the hearings of the Ontario Select Committee on Developmental Services
- "Lawyers plan to take a test case to the Court of Appeal over claims that children harmed in the womb by their mother's drinking should receive compensation as victims of crime..."
- The criminal justice system is not equipped for or capable of managing the region’s chronic offenders, Delta Police
- Changing the Conversation: The 6th National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Interdisciplinary Perspectives new book
- How to wean moms off the bottle
- "...After using a new imaging method, scientists now believe they are one step closer to proving that even one drinking episode could endanger a developing fetus..."
- The Knotted Cord'. Transgenerational Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND)
- The value of the neuropsychological assessment for adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A case study
- Psychological characteristics of internationally adopted postinstitutionalized children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- How alcohol leads to birth defects - clues from embryo heart images
- The 4th Health and Wellbeing in Children, Youth, and Adults with Developmental Disabilities Conference
- Foetal alcohol syndrome devastating South Africa
- Birth defect risk affected by father's diet, study suggests
- Laboratory Awarded NIAAA Funding to Investigate The Epigenetics of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
- Drug and alcohol funding cut: health professionals are 'absolutely furious'
- Raising a Child with FASD
- Building Coalitions to Achieve Outcomes - Part 2
- Building Coalitions to Achieve Outcomes Part 1
- From the Lab to Changing Lives
- Alcohol During Pregnancy Changes Brain Anatomy
- The Truth about Drinking During Pregnancy
- FASD and the Law - Law Report
- 100 Holiday Tips for Parents of Children with FASD
- National Alcohol Policy Scorecard
- Stress reduction workbookfor parents with children with developmental disabilities
- Australias first FASD diagnostic team and its in Queensland
- Alcohol during pregnancy causes impaired social skills in children
- Conference spotlights the political and policy challenges involved in tackling Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Let’s end stigma over pregnancy drinking: Australia
- Australia must act on alcohol marketing, pricing and availability
- NOFASD Newsletter - The Loop
- Inquiry into improving child health outcomes and preventing child abuse
- Epigenetics—A New Frontier for
- Special issues on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research (IJADR)
- Trauma & the Developing Brain
- FASD and the Impact on Law and Policing
- To improve children’s lives, Australia must act on alcohol marketing, pricing and availability
- New Zealand Judge: System Failing Offenders with FASD
- Study: The Experiences of Youth with FASD Transitioning to Adulthood from Child Welfare Care “
- My Teenage Life with an FASD
- Lego Therapy for FASD
- Baby seizure plan
- Fetal alcohol research funding needed NZ needs to follow Australia in spending millions on research into the flow-on effects of mothers drinking while pregnant, a public
- Alcohol dependent pregnant women left high and dry
- New research finds eight out of ten pregnant women drink
- Is It OK to Drink While Pregnant? Why Scientists Really Don't Know
- Fetal alcohol syndrome research
- in a bid to takle high levels of FAS, Cape Town changes alcohol law for champagne breakfasts
- In Australia Pregnant women with a drinking problem that could leave their baby with brain damage have almost nowhere to turn for help, and fear losing their child if they seek treatment
- Charlie Sheen's sons tested for FASD
- Charlie Sheens sons tested for FASD
- SBS INSIGHT PROGRAM ON FASD
- One in ten women drink a little alcohol while pregnant
- SBS INSIGHT PROGRAM TO AIR ON TUESDAY NIGHT
- Recommendations from a consensus development workshop on the diagnosis of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in Australia
- Former Supreme Court Justice Ian Binnie reads out a consensus statement on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder
- Australian Government Action Plan to reduce the Impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) 2013-14 to 2016-17
- Watchdog to judges: Stop putting kids with mental health needs in prison
- STILL NO MESSAGE ON THE BOTTLE
- Panel says Criminal Code should allow conditional sentences for people with FASD
- Risk for Fetal Alcohol Damage Higher for Kids in Care Systems
- Bradley Manning - FAS
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Resources - NeuroDevNet
- Aims To Raise Awareness During FASD Month With Launch Of Free Service For Pregnant Women
- Emily Oster’s Alcohol and Pregnancy Advice is Deeply Flawed and Harmful
- 6th National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- The Arc Reacts to New Book on Pregnancy Risks, Including Drinking Alcohol: “Why Risk It?”
- When it comes to the dangers of drinking while pregnant it seems the message is not getting through
- FARE Drink Tank Exclusive
- Fetal alcohol exposure affects brain structure in children
- Weekend: What drives mums to drink
- QWeekend: What drives mums to drink
- Gene Mutations Caused by a Father's Lifestyle Can Be Inherited by Multiple Generations
- New Efforts to Overhaul Psychiatric Diagnoses Spurred by DSM Turmoil
- Joint Call to Action on Alcohol and Pregnancy
- Spike in new parent mental health issues
- American Academy of Pediatrics (USA) - Joint Call to Action on Alcohol and Pregnancy
- Childhood Leukemia: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
- NOFAS Responds to 'Light Drinking' Research
- Light drinking 'not harmful to baby' say scientists
- A Novel Screening Test for the Behavioral Phenotype of FASD
- fMRI and Brain-Mapping of College Students Increases Understanding of Alcohol’s Effects
- Using Adolescent Brain Research to Inform Policy
- Scientists identify molecular events that underlie FASD
- Signaling pathway linked to fetal alcohol risk
- Worldwide cost of drinking alcohol during pregnancy could be far higher than expected About 750 delegates from 27 countries will be in Vancouver to attend a four-day international conference on FASD hosted by the University of British Columbia By Erin Ell
- Worldwide cost of drinking alcohol during pregnancy could be far higher than expected
- ‘Hey Teacher’
- SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY MOLECULAR EVENTS THAT UNDERLIE FASD
- Juvenile detention program combats language disorders
- MR Images Show How Fetal Alcohol Exposure Affects Children
- NOFAS Weekly Roundup
- Low Dose Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Induces Anxiety-Like Behaviour and Alters Dendritic Morphology in the
- Approaching the Prevalence of the Full Spectrum of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in a South African Population‐Based Study
- No End in Sight
- Teenagers avoid early alcohol misuse through personality management
- Determinants of pregnant women's compliance with alcohol guidelines: a prospective cohort study
- FASD Conference, Sheraton Hotel, St. John's, Newfoundland.
- FASD is a diagnosis!
- No evidence for claim that South African women deliberately drink to harm babies and collect benefits
- Woman gets DUI for endangering fetus
- Educational resource on improving family health
- University of Regina researcher analysing relationship between police and those with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- NOFAS-UK Fetal Alcohol Forum
- The 5th International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Congratulations
- House of Reps Inquiry into FASD Recommendations
- Bottlos will warn mums on dangers of booze in pregnancy
- Does it say SUCKER on my forehead? Fetal Alcohol & Manipulation.
- Sleep Health Issues for Children with FASD: Clinical Considerations
- Launch of Youth FASD Social Media in New Zealand
- FASD and Halloween
- Wine tax wowsers ruin life's pleasures for us all
- Alcohol study with kids at advanced stage
- Keats doomed by his mother’s drinking: New biography claims the great Romantic poet’s early death from TB was due to ‘foetal alcohol syndrome’
- Most damaged children not assessed
- Crisis Looms for Children
- The health and wellbeing in children with developmental disabilities
- FASD: Risk, development and intervention
- An Introduction to FASD
- Easy to love but hard to raise
- Education Vital in stopping alcohol use during pregnancy
- Ask the Expert: Maternal Drinking and FASD
- Pregnant Women Screened for Alcohol Abuse
- The Toll of Russion Vodka on American Families
- UP to 197 babies have been taken from their parents
- Foetal alcohol syndrome a life sentence
- Meet FASD - the face of preventable disease
- Eye Spy Early Diagnosis
- Maternal Binge Drinking Slows Some Fetal Brain Functions
- Lifescripts methodology card: alcohol
- Alcohol Awareness
- NDIS
- NIDAC Position Paper on FASD
- What to take to the Doctor for a Diagnosis
- Parliament House Magazine - FASD
- Recommendations from the WA Education Inquiry
- Under-reported FASD 'an invisible disability'
- No end in Sight - Aboriginal Disability Justice Campaign
- Australian FASD Action Plan Support from Politicians
- FASD Media Coverage
- University of Washington Research
- FARE Australian FASD Action Plan
- Drinking Alcohol While Pregnant Has Long-Lasting Effects In Children, Study Finds
- 2012 International FASD Awareness Day
- SUPPORT FOR THE RFFADA
- Rffada July Newsletter
- Rffada July Newsletter (1)
- Alcohol's damage to fetus won't go away
- Rffada May Newsletter
- Rffada Newsletter (CMigrator copy 1)
- FASD Implementation Forum Report
- Rffada FASD Newsletter April 2012
- Call for National Plan to Combat FASD
- Mental Health Roadmap Submission
- Fetal Alcohol Forum - Issue 6 December 2011
- Rffada December Newsletter
- Telethon Institute Launched
- Rffada November Newsletter
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- It's a Matter of Justice—Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with FASD
- Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- David Boulding Lawyer from British Columbia advises parents of sons with FASD on the 'Rules of Sex'
- NOFAS Weekly Roundup Volume 2, Issue 25
- NOFAS Weekly Roundup
- Number Processing in Adolescents With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and ADHD: Differences in the Neurobehavioral Phenotype
- Candidate Placental Biomarkers for Intrauterine Alcohol Exposure
- Fetal Alcohol Research Online Journal
- Pregnant Mother's Diet Impacts Infant's Sense of Smell, Alters Brain Development
- Psychiatric Training in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders "Inadequate" (CMigrator copy 1)
- Prenatal exposure of ethanol induces increased glutamatergic neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells (CMigrator copy 1)
- Eyeblink condition may help in assessing children with fetal alcohol exposure
- Embryonic Research explores effects of alcohol on fetuses
- Fetal alcohol exposure associated with a decrease in cognitive performance
- Description of a Media Campaign About Alcohol Use During Pregnancy
- Don't Ask Don't Tell Doesn't Work in Prenatal Care
- Fact Sheet on FASD and the Criminal Justice System
- New Reference book - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Management and Policy Perspectives of FASD
- First European Conference on FASD
- Best Start Newsletter (CMigrator copy 1)
- Interventions & treatment for FASD Conference powerpoints
- South African Breweries Limited and the social development department have joined forces to fight against Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- The International Medical e-Network November newsletter devoted to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- The UK FAS-eD Project Report and Literature Review
- The webcast of the 11th FACE Research Roundtable is now live
- Justice ministers look at solutions other than jail for fetal alcohol offenders
- Critical Review of recently published British medical study that seems to say pregnant women can drink alcohol in sparing amounts
- Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Prevention Taskforce in Tasmania
- Diagnosis Crucial to Addressing FASD
- 4th International FASD Conference
- Psychiatric Training in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders "Inadequate"
- OHRC launches survey on discrimination based on mental health and addiction disabilities
- More Women Are Drinking During Pregnancy Than You Think
- Prenatal exposure of ethanol induces increased glutamatergic neuronal differentiation of neural progenitor cells
- NEW! Drug Treatment Court Program adapting for women
- Team colours on cans change perceptions of alcohol risks
- Eyeblink conditioning may help in assessing children with fetal alcohol exposure
- Judge amplifies mental health court call
- aboriginal women's mental health policy
- Best Start Newsletter
- New Device 'fingerprints' the brain
- November 2010 Fetal Alcohol Forum news
- Women's Health Expert Recommends recording alcohol use before and during pregnancy
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