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Alcohol Related Birth Injury (FAS/FAE) Resource Site
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Alcohol Related Birth Injury (FAS/FAE) Quiz
Test your knowledge of FAS/FAE Facts!
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and its effects (FAS/E) are 100% preventable.
- Pregnant women who drink alcohol are intentionally trying to hurt their baby.
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS/E) leads to problems with learning and behaviour.
- A woman with FAS/E will always give birth to children with FAS.
- There is no known "safe" amount of alcohol that is safe for pregnant women.
- Men have no impact on whether their children are born with FAS/E.
- No two children with FAS/FAE are affected the same way.
- FAS/E children function best in a democratic and flexible home.
- Children with Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) have fewer needs than children with FAS.
- Children with FAS/E need to be disciplined repeatedly before they are able to remember the house rules.
- Adults with FAS/E are exceptionally effective at managing time and money.
- Labeling a child with FAS/E will prevent them from being able to live a normal life.
- Alberta, Canada has been proven to have the lowest incidence of FAS/E in North America.
- FAS/E children typically have trouble changing from one activity to another.
- A large number of FAS/E children outgrow the effects by age thirty.
- FAS/E affected children who are raised in a loving, stable home rarely get into trouble as teenagers.
- Many children in foster care suffer from FAS/E.
- 50% of the teens in detention facilities suffer from FAS/E.
- Most adults with FAS/E are eventually able to live independently.
- Parents and caregivers of FAS/E affected children, teens and adults need regular respite and support systems in place to create a winning environment in the home.
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