Sen Magazine - Drinking it in
What are fetal
alcohol spectrum disorders and how can educators help combat the
potentially devastating effects they can have on a child’s life?
Carolyn Blackburn explains all.
Sudbury Star - New program to help
youth with FASD
A new kind of
mentorship program is being developed in Greater Sudbury -- one that
reaches out to a segment of the population that doesn't usually get
much attention, the executive director of The Human League
Association said.
Nanaimo Daily News
(Canada) - Council decides to raise awareness of FASD
Nanaimo will craft
a bylaw to raise awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The
bylaw would call for the installation of signs on public property
warning against the consequences of drinking while pregnant.
Vcoice of America
(Cambodia) - Fetal Alcohol Syndrome a Risk for Cambodians
When a woman
drinks alcohol during pregnancy she risks giving birth to a child
with mental and physical defects called fetal alcohol syndrome, a
US-based doctor told “Hello VOA” on Thursday.
Chicago Tribune
(USA) - Nevada court mulls abortion for pregnant mentally disabled
woman
A Nevada judge
could decide whether a mentally disabled woman should be forced to
have an abortion despite the wishes of her adoptive parents, who are
also her legal guardians. William and Amy Bauer's adopted daughter is
32, although fetal alcohol syndrome left the woman with health
problems and the mental capacity of a 6-year-old child, said Jason
Guinasso, the Fernley, Nevada, couple's attorney.
Vancouver Sun
(Canada) - Maternal drinking casts lifelong shadow
'All of a sudden
she was gone. "Boom - no reaction. Her arms and legs started
shaking. I called the nurse in. Within the next 10 minutes they were
doing a spinal tap without any anesthetic, nothing.' Lydia Neufeld's
13-year-old foster daughter had slipped away like this seven or eight
times before, but this was the first time her doctors had seen it.
They had no explanation.
Kansas City Star -
More and more babies are being born with addictions
The delivery was
uncomplicated. But just a few hours after his birth, the tiny baby
boy began vomiting and crying inconsolably.
Auckland
stuff.co.nz (New Zealand) - Warning on babies and booze
Jackie Prichard
has been told she should have known better than to drink during
pregnancy but she says there's not enough information out there
warning mums of the risks.
The Age
(Australia) - 'Grog' hits indigenous babies
THE nation's first
comprehensive study of the impact of excessive drinking on unborn
Aboriginal children has revealed devastating rates of intellectual
disability.
MATERIALS AND
VIDEOS
The Dollars and Sense of Determining
FASD Prevalence: A Canadian Responsibility
Hear experts from
across the country discuss what we know about the prevalence of Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Canada.
NOFAS
- Sam Mabie and his dad Tom on FASD
The National
Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) is the leading voice
and resource of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
community.
NOFAS - Wesley
C. Jones on FASD - Midwest Regional FAS Training Center
Fetal Alcohol
Network NZ - Youth Social Media Campaign Launched
Alcohol
Healthwatch, Well Women and Family Trust and The Rotary Club of
Parnell launches the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Youth
Social Media Campaign.
Babies + Booze: Simon Rowley –
Paediatrician
RESEARCH
Alcoholism - Effect of Predictive
Cuing on Response Inhibition in Children with Heavy Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure
Consistent with
previous studies of response inhibition, the AE group demonstrated
greater frontal and parietal activation when attempting to inhibit
prepotent responses than the CON group, despite similar rates of
commission errors.
NIH
News - Heavy prenatal alcohol linked to childhood brain
development problems
Heavy drinking
during pregnancy disrupts proper brain development in children and
adolescents years after they were exposed to alcohol in the womb,
according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.
The study is the first to track children over several years to
examine how heavy exposure to alcohol in utero affects brain growth
over time.
PubMed - Ethical
considerations when communicating a diagnosis of a fetal alcohol
spectrum disorder to a child
Maternal alcohol
consumption during pregnancy may result in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder (FASD), which is an umbrella term used to describe a range
of conditions that are associated with significant neurodevelopmental
impairments.
PLOS - Adequacy
of Maternal Iron Status Protects against Behavioral, Neuroanatomical,
and Growth Deficits in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD) are the leading non-genetic cause of
neurodevelopmental disability in children. Although alcohol is
clearly teratogenic, environmental factors such as gravidity and
socioeconomic status significantly modify individual FASD risk
despite equivalent alcohol intake.
BMJ Open -
Consensus diagnostic criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
in Australia: a
modified Delphi
study
Participants
indicated clear support for use of the UW diagnostic criteria for FAS
in Australia. These findings should be used to develop guidelines to
facilitate improved awareness of, and address identified gaps in the
infrastructure for, FASD diagnosis in Australia.
MJA - Aboriginal
women, alcohol and the road to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
I am an Aboriginal
woman, with traditional connections to the Bidjara people from
central western Queensland and extensive experience in working with
Aboriginal women who consume alcohol during pregnancy.
Alcoholism -A
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Spatial Working Memory
in Children with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure: Contribution of Familial
History of Alcohol Use Disorders
Heavy prenatal
alcohol exposure leads to widespread cognitive deficits, including
problems with spatial working memory (SWM). Neuroimaging studies
report structural and functional abnormalities in fetal alcohol
spectrum disorders (FASD), but interpretations may be complicated by
the co-occurrence of a family history of alcoholism.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Iltalehti
(Finland) - Vauvan terveys päihdeäidin oikeuksien edelle
Raskaana olevan
äidin oikeus juoda alkoholia ja käyttää muita päihteitä on
Suomen lain mukaan vahvempi kuin lapsen oikeus syntyä terveenä.
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