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- Life with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Life with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
- TEAF: importancia e implicaciones de un buen diagnóstico en la infancia
- El tratamiento de los trastornos del espectro alcohólico fetal
- Relación entre la lactancia y los trastornos del espectro alcohólico fetal
- Trabajar con alumnado con TEAF en el aula
- Cómo integrar al alumnado con TEAF en las escuelas
- Experiencia de pre vida independiente para personas con TEAF
Health professionals, educators and people affected by FASD (family members and people with their own experience) will share their experience about what it is and how it affects the person at different life stages, from childhood to adulthood.
Are you a person diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a family member or close contact of a person with this problem, if you work in the social, health and mental health fields, or if you are interested in learning more about FASD?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose biological mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These disorders can cause problems of varying severity, including physical issues (such as low birth weight and short stature, poor coordination, and hearing or vision problems) as well as behavioral and learning difficulties. Only by avoiding alcohol consumption during pregnancy can the baby be prevented from being born with any of these disorders.
FASDs appear in early childhood, and their symptoms are permanent and irreversible, meaning they last throughout a person's life. Furthermore, they carry high social costs, as these disorders can result not only in health problems but also in difficult school experiences, legal issues, inappropriate sexual behavior, substance abuse, dependency, and difficulties entering the workforce.
We are therefore faced with individuals affected by the disorder who exhibit diverse and heterogeneous expressions of it. This, coupled with a lack of awareness of FASD among some professionals, leads to its being diagnosed exclusively and/or erroneously as comorbid conditions, amplifying existing and future harm. Accurate diagnosis of FASD is essential to direct affected individuals to the appropriate services and resources and to ensure that both they and their families receive adequate support in managing the difficulties associated with their disorder.
Health professionals, educators and people affected by FASD (family members and people with their own experience) will share their experience about what it is and how it affects the person at different life stages, from childhood to adulthood.
Are you a person diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a family member or close contact of a person with this problem, if you work in the social, health and mental health fields, or if you are interested in learning more about FASD?
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person whose biological mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. These disorders can cause problems of varying severity, including physical issues (such as low birth weight and short stature, poor coordination, and hearing or vision problems) as well as behavioral and learning difficulties. Only by avoiding alcohol consumption during pregnancy can the baby be prevented from being born with any of these disorders.
FASDs appear in early childhood, and their symptoms are permanent and irreversible, meaning they last throughout a person's life. Furthermore, they carry high social costs, as these disorders can result not only in health problems but also in difficult school experiences, legal issues, inappropriate sexual behavior, substance abuse, dependency, and difficulties entering the workforce.
We are therefore faced with individuals affected by the disorder who exhibit diverse and heterogeneous expressions of it. This, coupled with a lack of awareness of FASD among some professionals, leads to its being diagnosed exclusively and/or erroneously as comorbid conditions, amplifying existing and future harm. Accurate diagnosis of FASD is essential to direct affected individuals to the appropriate services and resources and to ensure that both they and their families receive adequate support in managing the difficulties associated with their disorder.