As we welcome the start of 2025, FASD United recognizes National Birth Defects Awareness Month as an opportunity to support and empower the FASD community, build connections within the larger disability community, and rethink how we see and talk about people with FASD, disabilities, and birth defects.  We are honored to be collaborating with MotherToBaby and the CDC on a three-part podcast series on FASD.

The first episode on FASD Discovery and Prevalence is now available and features renowned experts Dr. Kenneth Lyons Jones and Dr. Christina Chambers.  

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We are encouraged by the U.S. Surgeon General’s continued efforts to address the public health impacts of alcohol, culminating in a much-publicized new advisory on alcohol’s links to various forms of cancer.  While this is rightly drawing substantial attention, we must stay vigilant of the need for expanded awareness of the prevalence and impact of PAE and FASD.

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This episode of The Empowered Parent Podcast features Sandra Flach, Founder and Executive Director of Justice for Orphans and host of The Adoption and Foster Care Journey Podcast. “Sandra discusses the myths and realities of FASD and offers some ways to help. Sandra is an FASD Educator and Coach.”

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For those who would like to learn more about the SAFEST Choice National Learning Collaborative and how you can share it with healthcare professionals in your state, Kendra Gludt from Proof Alliance is hosting a brief info session on Thursday January 9th at 10:00am PT/1:00pm ET. Come learn what the program is all about and how healthcare teams can enroll in the program.

Click HERE to join!

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“Doctors applauded a new report from the U.S. surgeon general that highlights links between alcohol consumption and seven types of cancer and suggests that alcoholic drinks should come with cancer warning labels. The association between alcohol and cancer is well established, and many doctors have long called on the federal government to make the connection clearer to the public.”

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“Delayed pregnancy recognition among those not actively trying to conceive but also not consistently using an effective form of contraception might place women who are avoiding or ambivalent about pregnancy at heightened risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy.”
- SAGE Open Nursing

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