Help Fight SNL’s FASD Prejudice
On Saturday 15th January 2022, the American sketch show, Saturday Night Live (SNL) aired a skit called “Winter Formal” in the US. In the skit, a boy is mocked for various character traits and marketed as a sexual deterrent for hire to parents of teenage girls. The character traits used are a profile of […]
Students Help Prevent FASD Reach Younger Audience
Science and engineering students from the prestigious Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, USA, have been advising National FASD’s Prevention project over the past year. Two teams of students have worked intensively on elements of the project through WPI’s London Project Centre. While they were originally supposed to be on placement in London, the teams worked […]
How Understanding FASD Can Help You Provide Even Better Social Care
Millions of people in the UK are living with FASD Recent prevalence figures drawn from a study by the University of Salford this year, indicate that somewhere between 1.2 and 2.4 million people in the UK were living with FASD in 2020. Most of these people will be living with inaccurate diagnoses, or no […]
Why Your School Should Invest in FASD Training, and Fast!
The time has now come where schools can no longer afford to ignore FASD … “…it is highly likely that an average sized primary school (with 60-90 children in the target age group [8-9]) would have at least one or two cases in that year group.” – (McCarthy, R., Mukherjee, R.A.S., Fleming, K.M., Green, […]
New study: FASD affects millions in the UK
The National Organisation for FASD welcomes the new Salford study and calls for action The National Organisation for FASD is delighted that the UK’s first gold-standard active case-ascertainment FASD prevalence study has been published by researchers from the University of Salford. They have posted a summary of their findings here. For a PDF of our press release, please click […]
Young People With FASD Celebrate FASD Awareness Month
Young People With FASD Get Creative for FASD Awareness Month Hopefully you’re aware by now, but this month is FASD Awareness Month! This year, the whole month of September is dedicated to celebrating the achievements of people with FASD, as well as raising awareness and encouraging prevention. That’s why we’re so excited to be […]
National FASD Celebrates FASD Awareness Month
National FASD celebrates FASD Awareness Month On the 9th of September, the international community celebrates International FASD Day. However, this year, in the UK, we’re celebrating FASD Awareness Month for the whole of September too. This gives us more time to raise awareness, educate, and share the amazing achievements of people with FASD. With this […]
National FASD Welcomes New Team Members
National FASD welcomes new team members Despite being a challenging year worldwide, 2021 has been an amazing period of growth for us here at National FASD, and riding the wave of progress, we’ve been able to welcome two new members to our team. Sue Sharp joined us in May 2021 as our new Executive Assistant/Office […]
Introducing our new e-school
National FASD launches new e-school by Joanna Buckard, Specialist Projects Coordinator and course author You asked for an e-course and we made one We’ve even got our own fancy-pants e-school! We’re so excited to announce our all-new “Introduction to FASD” e-course for professionals. We’ve listened over many years to the experiences of people with FASD, […]
Announcing the Me and My FASD Break it Down Board
For immediate release 30 March 2021 (London) – The National Organisation for FASD is pleased to launch an all-new resource to help young people with FASD break down situations, explore strategies that help and focus on their strengths. The Break it Down Board was developed at the urging of Susan McGrail, a member of our Experts […]
