Category: Symposium/White Papers
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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…
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A Historic and Impactful Week of Community, Advocacy, and Action Propels the FASD Field Forward
The FASD community came together for National FASD Impact Week in Washington, DC, proudly hosted by FASD United. Over the course of four jam-packed days last week (September 14-17), advocates, researchers, and families came together to organize, strategize, learn, and celebrate. Through workshops, a symposium, a successful advocacy-filled “Hill Day,” a film screening, and a…
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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 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…