Category: News
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Embrace Wellness for National Counseling Month: Interview with Christine Shepherd
Christine begins with an intriguing introduction, “I was born and raised in West Texas (USA), and when I graduated with my bachelor’s degree, I moved to Thailand. I helped out with an orphanage and was a nanny to three precious boys from Singapore for nearly 2 years. I met my husband there, and after getting…
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Learn With Liv: Internship at FASD United
As Liv interns at FASD United, she will share what she is learning and doing to inspire and explore FASD awareness through a public health lens. In her time with our organization, she will have opportunities to experience the roundedness of our programs, aid in important projects, and explore her understanding through reflection. “Unfortunately, this…
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Impactful and International: The 2024 Seattle Research Conference Wrap-Up
We are thrilled to report that the 9th International Research Conference on Adolescents and Adults with FASD, hosted for the first time in the United States and by FASD United, was a resounding success! Attendees were so excited to be at this research conference for the first time since 2018, following COVID-19 and its cancellation.…
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Learn With Liv: Internship at FASD United
As Liv interns at FASD United, she will share what she is learning and doing to inspire and explore FASD awareness through a public health lens. In her time with our organization, she will have opportunities to experience the roundedness of our programs, aid in important projects, and explore her understanding through reflection. “This week,…
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FASD United Responds to Article on Serving Alcohol to Pregnant Customer
The website BuzzFeed recently re-posted a widely-read article from 2019 titled “This Waiter Gave A Pregnant Customer Virgin Cocktails When She Ordered Alcoholic Ones — Who’s The [profanity for a very rude person]?” Without commenting on the particular actions taken by the people in the article, it is important to clarify the longstanding medical consensus…
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FASD NPN Spotlight: American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
FASD United is excited to spotlight each of the CDC’s National Partner Network organizations. We launched our spotlight series in March with a feature on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The National Partner Network (NPN) is a collaborative coalition of organizations dedicated to advancing key goals, including reducing prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) and substance…
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Learn With Liv: Internship at FASD United
As Liv interns at FASD United, she will share what she is learning and doing to inspire and explore FASD awareness through a public health lens. In her time with our organization, she will have opportunities to experience the roundedness of our programs, aid in important projects, and explore her understanding through reflection. “This week…
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Happy Autism Acceptance Day, From the FASD Community!
To acknowledge the day, we hear from FASD United’s own Emma Baldwin, who has words as an autistic self-advocate on how the FASD community and the autistic community can support each other’s advocacy. As we are working to give FASD a seat, we must acknowledge who else is sitting at the table– especially when it…
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FASD United Recognizes April as Alcohol Awareness Month
This April, FASD United recognizes Alcohol Awareness Month as a great opportunity to learn more about the harmful risks of alcohol misuse. An important part of our mission to support and empower the FASD community is to educate the public about the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE). No amount or type of alcohol is…