Welcome to 2024, a new year of information, excitement, and growth. However, January’s awareness month hasn’t changed- It’s National Birth Defects Awareness Month. Birth defects like FASD are structural changes present at birth that can affect almost any part of the body and nearly 120,000 babies are affected by birth defects each year (CDC).
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This episode of the podcast Living with FASD: Candid Conversations with Patti Kasper features “Melissa Jacobus, FASD Advocate and author of The Accomplice. Melissa Jacobus has been advocating for her adopted children and the rights of all individuals with FASD since 1998.”
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“FASD is a highly complex neurodevelopmental disorder with life-long consequences that calls for concerted efforts of investigation on all fronts, at all levels, and across lifespan, to advance and improve treatment and management of FASD. Although research in this field has indeed come a long way, knowledge gaps remain.”
Read Article, HERE!
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“A special issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal was released recently with 21 open articles that feature the latest research, program, and policy initiatives in perinatal substance use. The special issue is sponsored by the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).”
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“Researchers at Texas A&M University have already shown that paternal drinking habits prior to conception can have a negative effect on fetal development… The lab of Dr. Michael Golding has now demonstrated that it takes much longer than previously believed, longer than a month, for the effects of alcohol consumption to leave the father’s sperm.”
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Family relationships can be difficult to navigate, like any kind of interpersonal connection. Interactions with extended family may seem more stressful or anxiety-inducing due to their unknown factors. This may ring true of those who have extended family who are neurodiverse or have unique cognitive processes that dysregulate our own.
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