"It's affecting people in plain sight and nobody knows," Jessica* says. Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is the leading non-genetic cause of disability in Australia Diagnosis usually requires a ...

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I hear it all the time now. “Oh, he has FASD.” Well, no he doesn’t, because there is no such thing. Confused? So are most people. In March of this year I posted a discussion of the new DSM-5 ...

Autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are different disabilities with some similar symptoms. The causes of autism are not fully known, though most scientists agree genetics plays a role. Fetal ...

Even as a baby, Tanya was different. Larry and Laura Rorem adopted Tanya when she was 8 months old in 1973, not knowing that Tanya’s mother had consumed alcohol during pregnancy. In the first few ...

Penny Cook is part of a national team of academics and doctors who have been working on grant applications in the hope of gaining funding to carry out a study to determine the prevalence of FASD in ...

Not many people wish to raise a child with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or FASD. Diane Lohrey is no different. But when she and her husband adopted three children, all later diagnosed with an ...

I hear it all the time now. “Oh, he has FASD.” Well, no he doesn’t, because there is no such thing. Confused? So are most people. In March of this year I posted a discussion of the new DSM-5 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As I walk into the classroom as a newly graduated teacher, I see children — each with unique abilities, interests and an eagerness ...