“Angelene (Ange) Bruce, the biological mother of a thriving child with FASD, shares her story, which highlights the crucial need for health professionals to inform their patients of facts and avoid judgement, stigma or shame when discussing alcohol use. The national campaign ‘Every Moment Matters’ in Australia provides the latest evidence and advice.”
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FASD United affiliate Proof Alliance is featured in a piece from CCX Media Community News. The piece features the story of Temphy Thompson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, who adopted three children with FASD and found support through Proof Alliance. “Thompson’s said Proof Alliance was one resource in navigating the IEP world and understanding what accommodations can be available for kids with FASD.”
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Dr. Petrenko is a leading FASD researcher who is developing innovative mobile apps to support people with FASD and their families.
Working with the Collaborative Initiative on FASD (CIFASD) for almost 10 years, Christie’s career is dedicated to making the research deliver meaningful positive impacts for people with FASD.
A clinical psychologist and researcher, it strikes Christie as serendipitous that the past two decades she has spent in the heart of the FASD field lines right up with the lifespan of CIFASD.
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“Utilizing parent report, the current study addressed relative strengths and weaknesses across scales of everyday executive function, as well as group differences between FASD and ASD. The current findings highlight an overlapping association between executive function and social function in FASD and ASD.”
- American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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“The Yale Program on Sex Differences in Alcohol Disorder is exploring the neurobiological drivers of drinking behavior and alcohol use disorder in women.
This work is helping inform the development of novel therapeutics which are responsive to known sex differences in alcohol use disorder.”
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This powerfully insightful video is a product of CDC’s National Partner Network, which FASD United is proud to partner on. Thank you to the team at ORAU and all our partners for this great video, which gives an overview of key guidelines on the risk of alcohol and pregnancy and tips on ways to support healthy pregnancies. CDC has an additional video on “Introduction to Alcohol SBI to Reduce Alcohol Use During Pregnancy.”
Check out the video, HERE!
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