Background
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are underdiagnosed in Australia, and health professionals have endorsed the need for national guidelines for diagnosis. The aim of this study was to develop...
Vicki Russell
Edmonton conference
calls for changes to justice system to protect sufferers of fetal alcohol
disorder
By Keith Gerein, Edmonton Journal September 20, 2013
On 6 August 2013 the Commonwealth Government released its response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs
September 27, 2013
Patrick Smith
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Canadian Press September 20, 2013 8:01 PM
EDMONTON - A panel on legal issues facing people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder is recommending conditional sentences would be better for...
"FASD is not widely recognized by healthcare practitioners and, as such, is underdiagnosed...given
that prenatal alcohol exposure increases an exposed child's risk of chronic physical, developmental,...
21August 2013 Last updated at 19:01 ET Bradley Manning's disrupted family life By Tara McKelvey BBC News Magazine [Photos of him as a child and adult] The trial of...
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