Friday, September 10, 2021

Foetal alcohol syndrome

There was an item on BBC's Look North yesterday, 9th September, about this, an interview with a mother whose baby was affected by her excess drinking during pregnancy.

9th September is International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Awareness Day, marked by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) in the US.

Librarians like to point out synonyms - foetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (and the variation in spelling foetal!).    Here are some resources:

NIAAA

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US) 


From the UK:

NHS UK

Tommy's 

National Organisation for FASD - for people living with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

NICE Evidence Search finds material on personal experiences of mothers, and information on meeting the needs of children with FASD.


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