CBC.ca (Canada) - 'Very little is actually being done': Corrections Canada funded just 7 FASD assessments last year
A young Indigenous man sat in a Winnipeg courtroom at the end of August, staring intently at his red running shoes, occasionally fidgeting with his shirt.
The Northern Daily Leader (Australia) - Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Carer calls for extra support
A Tamworth grandmother and full-time carer is urging the Department of Education and the community to take more action in preventing, treating, and supporting children born with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, including the implementation of exclusive class rooms.
BuzzFeed News (Australia) - This Is How Aboriginal Women Have Been Tackling The Effects Of Drinking During Pregnancy
Two decades ago a group of Aboriginal women from Rockhampton in Central Queensland realised the harm that drinking during pregnancy was having on the next generation.
ABC Online (Australia) - How three women tackled foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in their community
Three Aboriginal women from central Queensland fought for years to have foetal alcohol spectrum disorder recognised in their community.
HuffPost UK (UK) - New Ofsted Report Slamming SEND Provision Is No Surprise To Parents Of Those With FASD
A new Ofsted report on how children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are being treated in our schools validates every parent of a child with a Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) who has struggled, cajoled, begged, and demanded to get their children proper support in school.
HuffPost UK (UK) - My Advice To Parents Thinking About Adopting A Child With Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Adopting a child with a Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is life changing, no doubt about it. But so is adopting any child.
Read moreToledo Blade (USA) -
Sounding the alarm on prenatal alcohol exposure
When Kathy Mitchell was starting her family in the early 1970s, conversations about prenatal health went differently than they do today. In the era of sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll, she recalled, no doctor or well-meaning family member ever thought to warn the young mother against the dangers of drinking alcohol while pregnant.
The Siasat Daily (India) - Mothers-to-be, take note! Alcohol during pregnancy may put babies at risk of anxiety
Numerous studies have shown that drinking alcohol during pregnancy negatively impacts the baby in ways that can also be massively damaging.
UPCOMING
EUFASD - European Conference on FASD 2018. The call for papers is now open
The call for abstracts is now open. The deadline is Friday, March 16, 2018, at midnight, Berlin time.
VIDEOS and MATERIALS
drinktank - Louise Gray shares insights from her GAPC2017 presentation
At GAPC2017, Louise Gray, Executive Officer and Chairperson of the National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFASD), shares with us the success and frustrations to improving information, understanding and awareness on FASD in Australia.
mofasorg - MOFAS Pre-proposal Meeting for Chemical Health and Recovery Grants
On behalf of the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS), the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (MOFAS) is seeking applicants to provide comprehensive, gender-specific services to pregnant and parenting women known to use or abuse alcohol or other drugs in order to increase the number of toxic-free babies born.
Paras Bliss - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum order Disorders : How Alcohol Affects Fetus
Video on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum order Disorders by Dr. Nupur Shah, Consultant - Fetal Medicine, Paras Bliss.
AlcoholFreePregnancy - NOFAS Webinar: FASD Advocacy: Setting the Stage for 2018
Webinar hosted by Cameron Koob, NOFAS Public Policy Coordinator. Participants in this webinar will learn: The most efficient way to get information to contact their elected representatives and their staff. How to utilize the 2018 midterm campaign media environment to their advantage. How to execute action alerts and mobilize a constituency.
Attitude - Question Time: Living with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
RESEARCH
Human Reproduction Open - rs10732516 polymorphism at the IGF2/H19 locus associates with a genotype-specific trend in placental DNA methylation and head circumference of prenatally alcohol-exposed newborns
Does prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) affect regulation of the insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2)/H19 locus in placenta and the growth-restricted phenotype of newborns?
Social Pathology and Prevention - Experience With an Identification of Evidence About Mother's Drinking Alcohol During Pregnancy Within a Framework of 4-Digit Code Diagnostics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder (FASD)
In the system of social work policy, social legal protection and caregiving policy there is no comprehensive system in Slovakia which would record a biological mother's use of alcohol during pregnancy.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Postnatal nutritional treatment of neurocognitive deficits in Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Ethanol is the most important teratogen agent in humans. Prenatal alcohol exposure can lead to a wide range of adverse effects, which are broadly termed as Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Studies in Media and Communication - Reframing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Studying Culture to Identify Communication Challenges and Opportunities
Implicit cultural understandings challenge those working to increase public awareness and support for programs to prevent and address fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Preimplantation alcohol exposure and developmental programming of FASD: An epigenetic perspective
Alcohol exposure during in utero development can permanently change the developmental programming of physiological responses, thereby increasing the risk of childhood neurological illnesses and later adverse health outcomes associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD).
Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Xenopus embryos to study Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, a model for environmental teratogenesis
Vertebrate model systems are central to characterize the outcomes of ethanol exposure and the etiology of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), taking advantage of their genetic and morphological closeness and similarity to humans.
Journal of Nursing Education and Practice - Promoting awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among health professionals and the public through nursing faculty champions
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) affects all communities and is an underestimated problem worldwide and in China. FASD is the most common preventable cause of intellectual disabilities and behavior problems.
European Journal of Public Health - Evaluation of an FASD Prevention Campaign Using Pregnancy Test Dispensers in Alaska and the Yukon: Ryan Ray
Alcohol use during pregnancy is a leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) can lead to lifelong neurodevelopmental defects and disabilities.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Review: Detrimental effects of alcohol exposure around conception: putative mechanisms
In western countries, alcohol consumption is widespread in women of reproductive age, and in binge quantities. These countries also continue to have high incidences of unplanned pregnancies, with women often reported to cease drinking after discovering their pregnancy.
YOUR - The Effect of Understanding Fetal Alcohol Syndrome on School Disciplinary Practices
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a neuropsychological disorder caused by prenatal alcohol exposure and has serious consequences for the child, both in terms of physical and social deficiencies.
Alcohol - Enhanced sensitivity to socially facilitating and anxiolytic effects of ethanol in adolescent Sprague Dawley rats following acute prenatal ethanol exposure
Emerging evidence suggests that deficits in social functioning and social anxiety are associated with adolescent alcohol use. Our previous research has shown that acute exposure to a high dose of ethanol on gestational day (G) 12 produces social alterations in adolescent Sprague-Dawley rats.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Skeletal muscle and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Skeletal muscle is critical for mobility and many metabolic functions integral to survival and long-term health.
The University of New Mexico - Rodents prenatally exposed to alcohol display sex-dependent differences in spatial extinction learning
Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is associated with structural and physiological changes that impact the central nervous system and can result in persistent negative consequences in a broad spectrum of cognitive and behavioral domains including deficits in motor behavior, social behavior, and behavioral flexibility.
Child Abuse & Neglect - Prenatal substance exposure diagnosed at birth and infant involvement with child protective services
Infants have the highest rates of maltreatment reporting and entries to foster care. Prenatal substance exposure is thought to contribute to early involvement with child protective services (CPS), yet there have been limited data with which to examine this relationship or variations by substance type.
Reproductive Health - Prevalence of prenatal exposure to substances of abuse: questionnaire versus biomarkers
Alcohol and drugs of abuse consumption in young adults, including women of childbearing age, has experienced significant increase over the past two decades.
Alcoholism - Meta-Analyses of Externalizing Disorders: Genetics or Prenatal Alcohol Exposure?
Externalizing disorders are heritable precursors to alcohol dependence, common in children of alcoholics (COA), and in children with prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE).
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Ärzte Zeitung (Germany) - Wie lässt sich Patienten besser helfen?
Eine neue Publikation erörtert Möglichkeiten, Menschen mit Fetalen Alkohol Spektrumstörungen (FASD) im Rahmen der Sozialen Arbeit noch besser zu helfen.
Kinderaerzte-im-Netz (Germany) - Alkohol im Mutterleib erhöht Suchtgefahr für Kind im späteren Leben
Eine der vielen negativen Konsequenzen, wenn ein Ungeborenes im Mutterleib Alkohol ausgesetzt ist, ist ein erhöhtes Suchtrisiko im späteren Leben des Kindes. Neurowissenschaftler in der Universität am Buffalo Research Institute haben nun die Gründe dafür erforscht.
Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland) - By dzieci nie rodziły się z FAS. Kampania edukacyjna
Koncert charytatywny "Historia jazzu na żywo" rozpocznie zbiórkę na realizację kampanii edukacyjnej o zagrożeniach wynikających z picia alkoholu w ciąży.
