100 babies will be born with Fetal Alcohol Effects . Most will go undiagnosed. Today is a day of knowledge. Brain damage is non-reversible and a permanent condition that an individual must live with for the rest of their life. The person with prenatal alcohol exposure does not have the choice of NOT being impaired, yet has the responsibility of learning to live and to fit into a society that neither tolerates nor understands their impulsive behaviors.
Today is a day of knowledge.
Any one of us could become the parent of a prenatally exposed infant. FAS is no respector of persons or culture. It crosses economic and racial lines. I ask that no fingers be pointed at any person for this affliction. I ask for forgiveness from the past.