Neurobehavioral disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE) is a mental health condition that results from exposure to alcohol before birth. It is a type of fetal alcohol spectrum ...

As I walk into the classroom as a newly graduated teacher, I see children—each with unique abilities, interests and an ...

In 1968, researchers at the University of Washington discovered the link between prenatal alcohol exposure and birth defects. A few years later, two of those researchers coined the term to diagnose ...

A new safe space to help with sensory regulation for people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and prenatal alcohol ...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 school-aged children in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the exact ...

Out of 206 fourth-grade students, 19 met criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, according to a pilot study at the University of Gothenburg. The results indicate that birth defects caused by ...

You might have heard rumors that drinking alcohol during certain trimesters of your pregnancy is OK, but no amount of alcohol is safe when you’re pregnant. All drinks with alcohol can harm an unborn ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Gov. Henry McMaster has officially made September Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month. Two state agencies want to get the word out about this 100 percent ...

A new study addresses the puzzle of why heavy drinking throughout pregnancy leads to widely varying outcomes for children.

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Thames Valley District school board supervisor Paul Boniferro has approved a motion that will provide “specific practices to identify and support students with FASD and provide training to staff to ...

When I was in graduate school at the University of Rochester, I attended a colloquium by Marshall Schecter, a psychiatrist from nearby Syracuse. His topic involved the extraordinarily high rate of ...