I am passing the torch. Last month I was interviewed for the featured writer post. So, this month it is my turn to interview one of our writers. I had the honor to interview Marcie Pickelsimer—our spirited, …

He is a very complicated little boy.
Raging, eyes dilated, staring into the unknown. Arms flailing, legs kicking into space. Hitting whatever they come into contact with…usually me. Most often me.
He picks up the Retro Rocket, …

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome affects 1 or 2 out of every 1000 births and it’s a completely preventable disorder.
But, with the United States in one of the worst recessions in history, more and more people have …

There are services for children with Autism, for children with Down Syndrome, for children who have Cerebral Palsy, and all other developmental delays but FASD is an invisible disability (and a shunned one at that) and for the most part it goes unnoticed.

Okay, so lets get this straight (and I am going to be flippant here)…for all of you searching my site for information on just how much alcohol you can drink while you are pregnant I …

Thanks to my FAS yahoo group for this information!
NOFAS DSM Survey
900 17th Street N.W.
Suite 10
Washington, DC 2006
The National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) and the Minnesota Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome …

Of FAE individuals between the ages of 12 and 51:

95% will have mental health problems;
60% will have “disrupted school experience”;
60% will experience …

Biological and adoptive mothers of FASD children speak out on YouTube…but the quote that got to me the most was from a biological mother…she said that when she found out her child had Fetal Alcohol …

Last year, a study on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome stated that babies of mothers who were light drinkers were not at a greater risk than other children. However, the medial reported differently. They stated that the …