“In honor of National Prevention Month, Proof Alliance NC is proud to officially launch the We Have The Proof website. This new resource is designed to share facts about alcohol and pregnancy, raise awareness of FASD, and highlight ways we can work together to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies. The site makes prevention accessible through: evidence-based information, alcohol-free drink recipes, a pregnancy calculator, and highlights from a statewide media campaign.”

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 “Women who drink heavily are significantly more likely to experience unintended pregnancies. While the study doesn’t explain why alcohol use leads to higher pregnancy risk, factors like impaired judgement, reduced contraception use and riskier sexual behavior could be possible contributors.”

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 “This training on October 9^th at 11:00am is primarily for mental health care providers who work with women during and following pregnancy, and who are interested in learning more about the unique factors that impact military mothers.”

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FASD United shares the concerns raised by leading autism organizations and maternal health organizations regarding new Federal health agency guidance on autism and prenatal substance exposure.  It is crucial to approach these efforts through the lens of support and treatment.  Scientific accuracy is critical when linking a particular substance exposure to a developmental disability.

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“Like in the US general population, FASD is underdiagnosed in the Military Health System (MHS). Further study of an expanded set of co-occurring conditions under the FASD umbrella may aid in refining estimates of FASD in the MHS.”
- Alcohol, Clinical & Experimental Research

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This essay by Linda Mayer, an Australian specialist in correctional centers, states that FASD “should be understood not as a moral failing or purely maternal responsibility, but as another form of neurodivergence within the broad human spectrum of developmental differences.”

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