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 […]
Diary of a deaf mom and 10-year old with neurodevelopmental delay and sensory needs
Day 9 of #TheGreatBigLockdown #Coronavirus #FASD Today was the third day in a row the 10-year old followed me constantly around the house. He wanted to know what I was doing even though he could see what I was doing. He wanted to know instantly if I shuffled my seating position on the sofa, where […]
