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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The FASD community came together last week for National FASD Impact Week in Washington, DC.  Through workshops, a symposium, a successful advocacy-filled “Hill Day,” a film screening, and a gala celebration, the FASD community showed up with passion.  This year’s Impact Week has been truly historic. Our collaborators and partners are all feeling more empowered by Impact Week and ready to advance the FASD field.

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“A team of international researchers found that a father's alcohol use may have a small but direct negative impact on a child's development by the age of seven. A father's drinking contributes to the harm caused by alcohol use during pregnancy. The findings of their study were published recently in the journal Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research.”

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 “We propose that, additionally to other cognitive and behavioral testing, electroretinography (ERG) could provide additional and efficient clinical support in diagnosing this understudied group in the non-dysmorphic spectrum of FASD.”
- Experimental Eye Research

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