Rffada

Read the latest newsletter from the rffada.  Articles include:

  • Online Petition – Need to reach 1000 signatures by 13 September 2012
  • New warning over alcohol
  • Tracking the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure through to 9 years of age
  • Professor Barry Carpenter [ABC Radio: Adelaide] Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs Working Party on FASD: Final Draft (Editors: Lucy Burns, Emma Black, and Elizabeth Elliott, August, 2009)
  • Statement to the House of Representatives Inquiry into FASD(National Congress of Australia First Peoples, August 2012)
  • NOFAS: Stanford Research President Advances International Research on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
  • ‘There is no safe amount’
  • Sleep Problems in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
  • Pregnancy alcohol message ignored
  • Children with Foetal Alcohol more likely to end up in prison
  • Although the Federal Government remains convinced that moderate to heavy alcohol is required to do damage, at least some money is trickling down
  • New Techniques Yield New Info on Alcohol Related Birth Defects
  • Drinking Alcohol While Pregnant Has Long-Lasting Effects In Children,
  • Imaging study sheds new light on alcohol-related birth defects
  • Mom warns others against drinking during pregnancy
  • Health care burden and cost associated with FAS: based on official Canadian data.
  • FASD Awareness Day and Melissa’s Story: Alcohol During Pregnancy
  • AAP endorses statement on alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disabilities
  • Recognizing Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND) in Primary Health Care of Children
  • National Center for Victims of Crime 2012 National Conference
  • Rising incidence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in South Africa
  • Variation Noted in Pattern of Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
  • 1 in 3 pregnant women in SLO County drinks alcohol in first trimester states officials
  • C.A.S.E. Adoption Support Newsletter
  • Reaching out to Birth Families and Parents

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