Category: News
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FASD United Recognizes and Reflects on Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Neurodiversity Celebration Week, recognized March 17-23, is about challenging stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences. It’s a time to celebrate differences and empower every individual. At its core, the term neurodiversity refers to “a world where neurological differences are recognized and respected as all other human variations.” Give FASD a Seat at the Neurodiversity Table Embracing neurodiversity…
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FASD Researcher Dr. Jeffrey Wozniak on the Role of CIFASD and Interventions for Families
Dr. Wozniak is a longtime FASD researcher. He discusses the value of the CIFASD initiative in building collaborations and his latest research on brain stimulation as an intervention for children and adolescents, MRI as a diagnostic tool, and the role of white matter in FASD. Dr. Jeffrey Wozniak has been a leading researcher on FASD…
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Celebrating the Release of the First FASD United Symposium White Paper
Written by Co-Lead Author, Emma Baldwin The FASD Symposium White Paper presents the summarized results from discussions held during the 2024 FASD Symposium to co-create a national plan for advancing the FASD community and field. “This paper is simultaneously more than I could have imagined, and exactly what I imagined. The part that I couldn’t…
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FASD NPN Spotlight: American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA)
FASD United is excited to spotlight each of the organizations that are part of CDC’s National Partner Network (NPN), a collaborative coalition of organizations dedicated to advancing key goals, including reducing prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and substance use, enhancing support services and access to care, and improving the identification and health of children and families…
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Supporting a Pregnant Loved One Who May be Using Alcohol
At FASD United, we are often approached about what to do when a person’s family member or loved one is pregnant and may be using alcohol. We appreciate the instinct to help, and we empathize with the complex emotions that arise out of this situation. The question was recently raised in a widely-read advice column…
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FASD Respect Act of 2025 Introduced by Senators Murkowski, Klobuchar
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with five other original co-sponsors, have introduced legislation that will advance comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) support services, public health prevention, and research programs across agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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FASD United Welcomes Ruoxian (Susan) Huang, Research Review Intern
We are thrilled to welcome Ruoxian (Susan) Huang to the FASD United team! Susan’s focus will be on working to analyze and review research and data related to our projects, as well as editing and communicating about our research/data needs. Susan is a junior at Georgetown University, where she is majoring in Human Science and…
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FASD United Recognizes January as National Birth Defects Awareness Month and Partners on Podcast Series
As we welcome the start of 2025, FASD United recognizes National Birth Defects Awareness Month as an opportunity to support and empower the FASD community, build connections within the larger disability community, and rethink how we see and talk about people with FASD, disabilities, and birth defects. Prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) is a leading known…
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FASD United on Government Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer Risk and Proposed Updates to Alcohol Warning Label
FASD United is encouraged by the U.S. Surgeon General’s continued efforts to address the public health impacts of alcohol, culminating in a much-publicized new advisory on alcohol’s links to various forms of cancer. While this new advisory on cancer risk is rightly drawing substantial attention from the public and in the media, we must stay…
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FASD United Shares Concerns About Alcoholic-Drink Mini Toys
FASD United shares the concerns expressed by the organization Alcohol Justice and others about new alcoholic-drink themed miniature toys sold under the brand “MGA Entertainment’s Make It Mini Happy Hour.” Although the toys are labelled, “Not suitable for kids, for adults 21+ years,” it is clear from their appearance and presentation as toys, and the…