You are invited to submit a short selfie video of yourself. Please answer a question about what one thing you wish your health care provider had told you.
This is your opportunity to use your voice to help organizations and agencies, including NOFAS, understand what families affected by FASD need.
Everyone who submits a video will receive a complementary special edition NOFAS 30th Anniversary coffee mug!
Please email your video to kachor [AT] nofas [DOT] org. More information will be posted on the NOFAS website very soon.
Check out this podcast from MothertoBaby and learn the answer to these questions.
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Thursdays - August 27th - September 17th, 2020
This 4-part webinar series will focus on the importance of preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies, the prevalence of FASD in our state, and the efforts needed to support individuals and families impacted by this disorder.
“While ongoing efforts have been made to increase the capacity of communities to provide early FASD diagnosis, there continue to be on-going challenges, particularly for remote and rural communities. Telehealth is the use of technology to connect communities at a distance and has been effectively used in medicine for several decades. This literature review describes the use of telehealth in FASD and other developmental disabilities and makes recommendations for how telehealth can be used to facilitate the assessment and diagnosis of FASD in rural and remote communities.”
– Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
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“For Jesse Jams, punk music is powerful armor. Jams, 25, lives with numerous mental health disorders including fetal alcohol syndrome… Jesse Jams, a 16-minute film has earned a staff pick from Vimeo and been named an official selection at film festivals from Melbourne to Los Angeles. The film follows Jams and his band — Jesse Jams and the Flams — as they prepare to perform the opening set at Edmonton’s 2019 Interstellar Rodeo.”
– CBC News
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“New magnetic resonance imaging showed impairments to brain growth during the third trimester of pregnancy, even though the fetus was exposed to alcohol only during the first trimester. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, highlights the danger of binge drinking early in a pregnancy. It also suggests the potential benefit of using in-utero imaging to detect signs of fetal-alcohol syndrome before birth.”
– Neuroscience News
Learn more HERE!