Diagnoses

Types of diagnoses that fall under the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
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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