Tag: incarceration

FASDs in Corrections: We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Jan 25, 2024

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by

GuidaBrown

in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FAS/FASD), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Determining whether someone has a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – which in itself is not diagnosable – has proven to be difficult, at best. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, or FASDs, is the umbrella term describing the range of adverse effects that can occur in an individual due to prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). The diagnoses, per…