New bill seeks to establish an annual day of awareness for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

BISMARCK – Shocking statistics relating to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) were brought before the House Human Services Committee March 14. In his testimony, Carl Young, executive director of FASD-North Dakota, said that one child in 20 suffers from FASD. “If you think of a classroom in North Dakota, it’s got roughly 25 students,” he said, suggesting that on average at ...

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