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About FASD

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term used to describe a range of disabilities that may affect people whose mothers drank alcohol while they were pregnant.

FASD is an umbrella term that covers several alcohol-related medical diagnoses. These include

  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
  • partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (pFAS)
  • alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND)
  • alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD)

Here are some questions people often ask about FASD:

 

Last Updated: 2007-01-31 Top