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:
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