Month: August 2026
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A Look at CIFASD Researcher Dr. Amanda Mahnke
Dr. Amanda Mahnke is a researcher and key member of the Collaborative Initiative on FASD (CIFASD). Much of Dr. Mahnke’s research involves the impacts of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on the aging process and healthy aging. Please watch the short video below, in which Dr. Mahnke summarizes her research in plain language. FASD United recently had the opportunity to interview…
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Growing an FASD Movement: We Need to Take Old Reports Off the Shelf
The FASD Symposium and resulting White Papers, a type of paper that gives an in-depth report that explains a complex problem and proposes a specific solution, came from the joining of two ideas. One was a dream of mine, which you can read about here, to “have a nationwide discussion among all those relevant to the FASD community, but centering living experience, that resulted in shared goals for…