Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
individual
born with permanent brain damage,
growth deficiencies
and three facial birth defects.
Partial FAS (pFAS)
individual born with permanent brain damage
and two of the three facial birth defects.
Alcohol-Related Neuro-developmental Disorder (ARND)
individual born with permanent
brain damage similar
to FAS and pFAS but lacks growth deficiencies and
facial birth defects.
Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
(ARBD)
physical birth defects that are
often related to FASD (caused by alcohol) but can have other causes, eg.
Cleft palate, heart murmurs, and scoliosis. ARBD is not considered a FASD
diagnosis in the newest Canadian FASD diagnostic guidelines.
(Alberta Learning,2004, FASD and the Justice System,2014, Rendall, C.)
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