Risky Behaviours
Sex and Alcohol: Young Adults are Taking Risks without Knowing the ConsequencesFor more information: Joanna.Buckard@nationalfasd.org.uk This poll was featured in The Sun, The Mirror, and The Express. In February 2021 the National Organisation for FASD teamed up with OnePoll and 72Point to learn more about young people’s understanding of the risk of sex, […]
World Health Organisation Consultation
National FASD submission to the WHO The National Organisation for FASD’s October 2020 submission to the World Health Organisation has now been made public as part of a large collection of submissions on the WHO website. The WHO document contains 253 submissions received in a web-based consultation on a working document for development of an […]
Best Practice in FASD Training Guide
New resource for those engaging FASD training The National Organisation for FASD and Seashell are pleased to announce the launch the new “Best Practice in FASD Training Guide” produced as part of their partnership project, “Resources and Training to Support Children and Young People with FASD,” funded by the Department of Health. The guide includes: […]
FASD: Preferred UK Language Guide
New UK FASD language guide highlights stigma-free language The National Organisation for FASD and Seashell are pleased to announce the launch the new FASD: Preferred UK Language Guide produced through their partnership project, “Resources and Training to Support Children and Young People with FASD,” funded by the Department of Health. The language guide includes: Terms […]
Announcing www.FASD.me – interactive website for young people with FASD
For immediate release 10 November 2020 (London) – The National Organisation for FASD is pleased to announce the launch of an innovative new website www.FASD.me designed to help young people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the UK understand and own the diagnosis. Created with input from dozens of individuals with FASD, their families, and […]
Distinguished New Trustees Join National FASD
6 November 2020 (London) – The National Organisation for FASD announced recent changes in its Board of Trustees, with the addition of four new members who have national and regional stature. Stuart Kelly, board chair said, “The National Organisation for FASD is thrilled to announce four new trustees have joined our organisation. These changes come […]
AUK Adoption Barometer highlights need for FASD awareness and services
Video: Joanna Buckard, Specialist Projects Coordinator welcomes the 2020 Adoption Barometer, which shows the importance of recording Alcohol Exposed Pregnancies Access to information for diagnosis is critical (London) National FASD welcomes Adoption UK’s decision to focus this year’s Adoption Barometer on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. National FASD’s chief executive Sandra Butcher said, “The results of […]
National Poll Shows Support for Access to Key Information for Diagnosis of FASD
(London) – A new poll shows that 91% of women and 85% of men believe that children should have access to information about harm done to them in utero to help them get diagnosis and support (only 1% of women disagreed or strongly disagreed and 2% of men). 85% of women and 74% of men […]
About our new website
We are so excited to share with you our new website, packed full of FREE resources and hope for better tomorrows for all individuals with FASD, their families and those who support them. We owe a HUGE thank you to all our friends with FASD and others with lived experience who have shared with us […]
A Difficult Conversation – the importance of exploring if a child has FASD
This is excerpted from FASD: Learning with Hope. It was written by Sandra Butcher, a year before she joined National FASD as chief executive. Though it focuses on children, the same applies for adults who might have been exposed to alcohol in pregnancy. They also deserve the dignity of a diagnosis and the support and […]
