➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Hidden Epidemic?
The Fix – August 16, 2016
“I’d seen this pattern in children as far back as med school. We were taught that rates of what was then called mild, mental retardation, were twice as high in low-income Afro-American communities, and I couldn’t figure out why that was,” says Dr. Bell. “But I’m not putting the pieces together-I saw them (symptoms of FAE) in practice, in juvenile detention, in foster care.” Related: NIAAA Updates Guidelines For Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: https://www.thefix.com/niaaa-updates-guidelines-diagnosing-fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorders
https://www.thefix.com/fetal-alcohol-syndrome-epidemic