KTUU.com - Alaska Boy Uses Music to
Cope with FASD
When the Lavigueure family found out
their adopted son Shaun had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, they
were shocked and didn't believe it.
CBC.ca (Canada) - Yukon's 'pioneer'
FASD residence is working: staff
In a private apartment building Henry's
voice might cause noise complaints. But Colette Acheson,
vice-president of Options for Independence, says it's a small example
of a behaviour that is understood here. Dun Kenji Ku is a residence
for adults with FASD.
Maple Ridge News - New way to fight
FASD
Maple Ridge’s Asante Centre is doing
ground-breaking work in the field of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder,
with the new program Through an Aboriginal Lens.
The Guardian (Australia) - Disability
'criminalised' by treatment of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders
Disability is
being criminalised through the treatment of people with foetal
alcohol spectrum disorders within Australia’s justice system,
advocates have argued at a Northern Territory inquiry.
Irondequoit Post
(USA) - Council highlights risks of drinking alcohol while
pregnant
The National
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the Rochester Area is
joining its national and international partners to increase awareness
of the risks of drinking alcohol while pregnant for Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorder Day on Sept. 9.
Otago Daily Times
(New Zealand) - Single drink binge can damage
A single drinking
binge in late pregnancy could harm child development, research on
rats from the University of Otago suggests.
Medical Daily -
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Lead To Excessive Weight Gain And
Obesity Later In Life
The U.S. Surgeon
General first advised women against drinking alcohol during pregnancy
back in 1981. However, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are
still a leading preventable cause of birth defects and childhood
disabilities among children in the United States.
First People
Worldwide - Alcoholism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and the Native
American Woman, First Peoples Worldwide
Fetal alcohol
syndrome has devastating effects on all those around it. It is a
disease that has the power to destroy childhoods, families, and in
some cases even an entire culture. This paper aims to explore the
causes and effects of alcoholism as a general ailment, and more
specifically fetal alcohol syndrome, on the culture of Native
American societies.
Sky News
(Australia) - NT government focusing on pregnant drinkers
High-flying career
women in the inner city and Aboriginal women living in remote
communities are both looking down the barrel of the same gun: the
risk of having babies with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
UPCOMING
EUFASD
- Third European Conference on FASD
Building on the
success of the first European conference on FASD (Kerkrade,
Netherlands, 2010) and the second European conference on FASD
(Barcelona, Spain, 2012), we are pleased to announce the third
European conference on FASD, to be held in Rome.
First Baltic Conference “Prevention
of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders”
Conference aims to
raise awareness of health policy makers, medical doctors, public
health professionals, social and educational workers about prevention
of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), provision of support and
special education for children who have FASD.
Webinar
- Awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD):
Making the Connections!
Please join us to
learn about the connections and progress of collaborative efforts
from three compelling perspectives of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
(FASD).
Alberta - 2014
Alberta FASD Conference
The Government of
Alberta invites you to join us in this important multidisciplinary
conference focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and its
impact on individuals, families, communities and society at large.
The conference will feature keynote presentations and over 30
breakout sessions discussing the latest practices in FASD prevention,
assessment and support.
RESEARCH
European Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry - Maternal pre-pregnancy risk drinking and
toddler behavior problems: the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort
Study
Maternal risk
drinking may be a risk factor for child behavior problems even if the
mother has discontinued this behavior. Whether pre-pregnancy risk
drinking is an independent predictor of child behavior problems, or
whether a potential effect may be explained by maternal alcohol use
during and after pregnancy or other adverse maternal characteristics,
is not known.
Human Brain
mapping - Longitudinal MRI reveals impaired cortical thinning in
children and adolescents prenatally exposed to alcohol
Brain imaging
studies suggest that cortical thickness decreases during childhood
and adolescence, in concert with underlying structural and synaptic
changes required for cognitive maturation and regional specialization
of function.
Addiction Biology
- Moderate alcohol exposure during early brain development
increases stimulus-response habits in adulthood
Exposure to
alcohol during early central nervous system development has been
shown variously to affect aspects of physiological and behavioural
development. In extreme cases, this can extend to craniofacial
defects, severe developmental delay and mental retardation.
Scandinavian
Journal of Psychology - Cognitive, emotional and social
development in adolescents born to substance using women
The aim of this
article is to investigate the long-term developmental consequences of
being born to a substance-using mother, focusing on cognitive
functions, attention, emotional and social development.
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Satakunnan Kansa
(Finland) - FASD: Ainoa kehitysvamma, joka voidaan estää
Viime vuosina
paljon kuultu lyhennys FASD tarkoittaa sikiöaikaisen
alkoholialtistuksen vaurioita, joista vakavimmat aiheuttavat
kehitysvamman. Asiasta on syytäkin puhua, sillä Suomessa syntyy
vuosittain 600–1 000 sikiöaikaisen alkoholialtistuksen
vaurioittamaa lasta.
Gaianews.it
(Italy) - L’esposizione prenatale all’alcol causa obesità
durante l’adolescenza
I deficit di
crescita sono una caratteristica distintiva del Disturbo dello
spettro fetale alcolico (FASD). Ora però un nuovo studio rileva che
i tassi di obesità sono molto elevati negli adolescenti con Sindrome
alcolica fetale parziale (PFA), e aggiunge che le ragazze sono
maggiormente a rischio di sovrappeso, rispetto ai maschi, durante
l’adolescenza.
Svenska Dagbladet
(Sweden) - Fysisk aktivitet motverkar alkoholskador
Att bli utsatt för
alkohol under fosterstadiet kan ge bestående skador. Nu visar
kanadensiska forskare att fysisk aktivitet motverkar skadorna.
