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"Okay, so let's jump in and talk about what is fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. What do we see? What are they look like? How do we know that? So FASD is an umbrella term that kind of goes over multiple different disorders. Okay. So the most probably commonly heard FAC is FAS. Fetal alcohol syndrome. So that is, I guess, the most popular one that people hear of, but it is the least prevalent. Right. So with fetal alcohol syndrome, part of the way that that is diagnosed is specifically by looking at, they call them phenotypes, but for the non science brain people, facial features. So there are some key facial features that are used in diagnosing that. Along with evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure and evidence of central nervous system abnormalities. So looking at the structure and the function of the brain to see how that's working. So with the facial features, the prenatal alcohol exposure and the central nervous system that is how they will make a fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis. 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That's HelloFresh dot com slash addicted mine 65 and use code addicted minds 65 or 65% off plus free shipping. All right, let's get back to the interview. So they'll be able to look at that and be able to see that. And then from there, be able to make that diagnosis. What are some of the factors that increase the risk of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders? Factors that increase the risk. So the amount of alcohol that is being used by the pregnant person and it depends on when that alcohol is being used also. So for example, with fetal alcohol syndrome, the least prevalent of all the FASD, those facial features only show up between day 19 and 21 of gestation. So it's that if that pregnant person is not consuming alcohol from day 19 to 21, that baby may not have the facial features for an FAS diagnosis. And so there's like, in the FASD world, people get very upset about facial features because it's such a small window. And a lot of providers will just write it off, that child doesn't have the facial features, so they're not even going to consider any other essays. So day 19 to 21 for those facial features, but the brain is still developing, we know, throughout the entire pregnancy. So the brain can still be affected in different ways depending on when that alcohol is consumed during the pregnancy that baby just may not have those facial features exhibited. Other risk factors, so general health of the mother nutrition, social determinants in prevention, we talk a lot about social determinants of health. So the community they live in, the support system they have, their financial situation, do they have health insurance? Also previous diagnosis of an FASD. Right, okay. Okay. So we can see that this can be diagnosed. And then once it's diagnosed, what do we do? What happens? What does a person do? So early intervention is key. So the CDC does have some programs that they recommend that they have on their website that I can share the resources with you too. But there's no cure. So there's no magic medication or magic pill, there are interventions that we can direct individuals to that will help. But it's not curable. It's treatable and manageable. I will say. So if some of the common things after diagnosis would be cognitive behavioral therapy, looking at the strength that that individual has and focusing on those, there's some new research coming out of Canada that's specifically about the strengths of an individual with an FASD. But the earlier that that FASD is identified for that individual, the better because the sooner we can get them into some of those interventional programs, the higher the likelihood they will have less challenges in the future. So one statistic I commonly bring up when I do trainings for Indiana, individuals with FASD are more likely to have contact with law enforcement, 60% of individuals with FASD will come in contact with law enforcement at some point during their life. And 35% will be incarcerated. Wow, that is a lot. Yeah, and so some of that is related to some of the FASD symptoms. So like impulsivity, right? The inability to critically think about consequences of your actions. And so the average child with FASD begins their contact with law enforcement between age 12 and 13. So, you know, think back to when you were 12, you know, did you have a good concept of even what was right and wrong. And then add neurodiverse brain on top of that where you are not able to determine what the consequences of your actions are going to be, that is why it's more common to see individuals with FASD in the criminal justice system
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"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on The Addicted Mind Podcast
"She is the executive director of the Indiana alliance on prenatal substance exposure, Jackie is originally an Illinois native, has a master's in public health and almost a decade of experience in the field of health education, promotion, and community engagement. Jackie became involved with the Indiana alliance because she has always been passionate about seeing a need in her community and filling it. By educating people and informing them and you'll hear several times mentioned in the podcast that there is no safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, we can prevent FASD, which is fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, and so many of the lifelong effects, including substance use, poor mental health outcomes, and incarceration that can be associated with it. And Jackie's going to talk about their recent launch with the San Diego university of brain. The first of its kind online FASD screening tool that assesses cognitive and behavioral features associated with FASD. So we're going to be talking about the importance of prevention and raising awareness about this issue. But before we start, if you are enjoying the addictive mind podcast, please rate and review us in iTunes. I really do appreciate it. And the reviews mean a lot to me. It's nice to know that the addictive mind is having a positive impact on so many people. So thank you all for taking the time to do that. And join our Facebook group, just go to Facebook and type in the ending to my podcast, click join, and continue the conversation online. All right. Stay tuned for this episode. All right, everyone. Welcome to the addicted mind podcast. My guest today is Jackie Franks. She is the executive director of the Indiana alliance on prenatal substance exposure. So we're going to be talking about fetal alcohol syndrome, fetal alcohol, spectrum disorder, the importance of looking at this issue and hopefully preventing this in the future. So let's just jump in, Jackie, tell me a little bit about you and this work that you're doing. And there's some really exciting stuff that you guys are doing as well as some research too that I want to get into as well. But introduce yourself. My name is Jackie Franks. I am the executive director like you said of Indiana alliance on prenatal substance exposure. I have been here for a grand total of 6 months, so I really hit the ground running, jumped in the deep end, I guess you can say, yeah, it's been it's been quite an adventure. So our organization is funded by Indiana's division of mental health and addiction. And so our focus is on prevention of prenatal substance exposure. I'm sure we'll get into all the nitty Gritty details in a little bit about the data and the statistics and what we see in Indiana, but that really is the key of preventing pregnant people specifically consuming alcohol, but all substances so that so that those babies are healthy and go on to lead healthy lives to set them up for the best success that we can. You asked why this work is important to me and I would have to say, I have worked with a lot of individuals throughout my career that were not diagnosed or not properly diagnosed or were misdiagnosed and not fully understanding, I guess the intricacies of a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and how that can affect a person's brain, how that affects their development and their cognitive abilities. That can be very frustrating for someone. So in addition to the prevention aspect, we also create a lot of awareness and help families really get connected to the resources that they need to get a diagnosis of that's something they're looking for or just to better understand how an individual with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder can just function in day to day life. Right, so it's not just the prevention piece, but also if people have been impacted and they're living their life and they don't realize maybe they're impacted by this. Alcohol is everywhere. And I think at certain times in our history, it was like, yeah, you should have a glass of wine if you're pregnant and you're not feeling well. Yeah, sure, do that. But we realize now that's just, don't do that. So that's like a cultural norm that's definitely a barrier to the work we do because back, you know, I'm thinking when my mom was pregnant with me, like drinking when pregnant was accepted or doctors would say you can have a certain amount of drinks. And I just, you know, just to be clear for everybody right off the bat, if you learn nothing else today, please remember this. There's no amount or type of alcohol that is safe to consume during pregnancy. Just absolutely not. And the research is a really, really clear on that. Yes. So let's jump in and talk about bringing this awareness and some of the statistics around this issue and why this is so important to have an organization that's dedicated just to this. Yeah, so one in 7 pregnant people report consuming alcohol during pregnancy, one in 7. That's pretty high, right? So 7 of those babies is exposed in the womb, essentially. The follow-up, the data we have after that is not as good because the diagnoses are hard to obtain. Specifically in Indiana, we don't have a lot of facilities that diagnose for FASD. So it goes largely undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. So a lot of times FASD will be diagnosed as ADHD. Some of the symptoms are very similar. We just had a press release running connecting the dots video it's available on our YouTube page. Talking about how FASD can be misconstrued into other conditions. Wow. I did not know that. I would assume that ADHD would be the result of this, but you're actually saying there we're seeing there are actually different in their separate. And they can get misdiagnosed. Yeah, very commonly. And I actually had a friend who told me her son was recently diagnosed. And I know this is, I just talked about this in our training. I did with providers. I know this is a difficult conversation to have with somebody, but from my mind from the kind of FASD perspective, you know, her son was recently diagnosed with ADHD, and I asked the difficult personal question and said, you know, I know this is personal question, but did you ever consume alcohol when you were pregnant? Even before you knew you're pregnant? Right. 45% of pregnancies in the U.S. are unplanned, right? So a lot of these women are not realizing that they even could be pregnant and maybe still drinking. And so that is where some of the cases of FASD come from as well. And she said, well, you know, my pregnancy was unplanned. I was in college and, you know, yeah, I had some drinks before I knew I was pregnant. And I just planted the seed and said, this is something to consider if the ADHD treatment is not helping or you feel like it's missing something, consider talking to the doctor about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders because they can co occur, but they can also be misdiagnosed.
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"And the monster that killed them. Gets to live another day. In opting for life in prison, jurors indicated they were swayed by arguments made by Cruz's lawyers. They quote a brain damaged, broken, mentally ill person through no fault of his own. Defense attorneys made the case that Cruz's problems began before he was born. But his mother abused drugs and alcohol. They presented expert testimony that he suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and that everyone from his adoptive mother to school counselors failed to get him the treatment he needed. On the verdict forms jurors indicated those concerns outweighed aggravating factors that cruise premeditated and planned the murders and that he carried them out in a heinous atrocious and cruel manner. Elon Al hadaf, whose daughter Alyssa died that day, said the sentence left him disgusted with the system. So that means that everyone that has a mental illness should go on the killing spree. That's what we're telling this society that we're saying that's okay because you have a mental illness. The families had nothing but praise for the prosecution team who they say made a strong case for the death penalty Many of the families focused their anger and criticism on jurors, who they felt may have not been honest in the jury selection process. Every juror assured the court, they could vote for the death penalty if it was appropriate. Alyssa alade's mother, Lori. What is the death penalty for if not for the murder and killing of 17 people? Fred guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was one of those killed by crews, where he's this verdict sends the wrong message on school safety. I think any one planning a shooting right now sees that there's a path to avoid the death penalty where it does exist. And the death penalty does exist, by the way. As the family's expressed their anger, Broward county's public defender, whose office represented Cruz, asked the community to respect the verdict. Amid the back last jury foreman Benjamin Thomas told Miami CBS four, one juror was a holdout for a life sentence. It really came down to specific jury that he was mentally ill. And she didn't believe because he was mentally ill, he should get the death penalty. Following the verdict, one of the jurors delivered a letter to the judge, denying rumors that she had made up her mind to vote for life before the trial started. The deliberations were very tense, she wrote, and some jurors became extremely unhappy once I mentioned I would vote for life. Jury foreman Thomas said eventually two other jurors joined her in rejecting the death penalty. Judd sure said next month she'll formally sentence cruise to life in prison without possibility of parole. Greg Allen and PR news Fort Lauderdale. Time now for StoryCorps. Jack baker and Michael McConnell are two names you probably never heard of. In the early 1970s, they wanted to get married, but same sex marriage was not yet legal in Minnesota. Baker McConnell sued the state and appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The justice has
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"Jury's decision to spare the life of Nicholas Cruz, the shooter. The former student pleaded guilty to killing 17 students and staff members at the Parkland school and wounding 17 others. After a three month trial, the jury recommended cruise get a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole rather than the death penalty. And Pierre's Greg Allen reports from Fort Lauderdale. There was stunned silence in the courtroom in Fort Lauderdale as judge Elizabeth schurer read the sentencing verdict for each of the 17 victims. For each one, the jury sentence was life in prison. Many of the families wanted the death penalty. Tony Montana, who's 14 year old daughter, Gina, was one of those killed, called it a gut punch. 17 beautiful lives were cut short. By murder. Heinous, preplanned, torturous murder. And the monster that killed them. Gets to live another day. In opting for life in prison, jurors indicated they were swayed by arguments made by Cruz's lawyers. They quote a brain damaged, broken, mentally ill person through no fault of his own. Defense attorneys made the case that Cruz's problems began before he was born. When his mother abused drugs and alcohol, they presented expert testimony that he suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and that everyone from his adoptive mother to school counselors failed to get him the treatment he needed. On the verdict forms jurors indicated those concerns outweighed aggravating factors that cruise premeditated and planned the murders and that he carried them out in a heinous atrocious and cruel manner. Elon Al hadaf, whose daughter Alyssa died that day, said the sentence left him disgusted with a system. So that means that everyone that has a mental illness should go on the killing spree. That's what we're telling this society that we're saying that's okay because you have a mental illness. The families had nothing but praise for the prosecution team who they say made a strong case for the death penalty. Many of the families focused their anger and criticism on jurors, who they felt may have not been honest in the jury selection process. Every juror assured the court, they could vote for the death penalty if it was appropriate. Alyssa alade's mother, Lori. What is the death penalty for, if not for the murder and killing of 17 people? Fred guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was one of those killed by crews, where he's this verdict sends the wrong message on school safety. I think any one planning a shooting right now sees that there's a path to avoid the death penalty where it does exist. And the debt penalty does exist, by the way. As the family's expressed their anger, Broward county's public defender, whose office represented Cruz, asked the community to respect the verdict. Amid the back last jury foreman Benjamin Thomas told Miami CBS four, one juror was a holdout for a life sentence. It really came down to specific jury that he was mentally ill. And she didn't believe because he was mentally ill, he should get the death penalty. Following the verdict, one of the jurors delivered a letter to the judge, denying rumors that she had made up her mind to vote for life before the trial started. The deliberations were very tense, she wrote, and some jurors became extremely unhappy once I mentioned I would vote for life. Jury foreman Thomas said eventually two other jurors joined her in rejecting the death penalty. Judge sure said next month she'll formally sentence cruise to life in prison without possibility of parole. Greg Allen and PR news Fort Lauderdale. Time now for StoryCorps. Jack baker and Michael McConnell are two names you probably never heard of. In the early 1970s, they wanted to get married, but same sex marriage was not yet legal in Minnesota. Baker McConnell sued the state and appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The
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"With our legal system. I'm disgusted with those jurors. That you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not get the death penalty. What do we have to death penalty for? Defense attorneys argued that Cruz's violent outbursts were the result of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. He'll be formally sentenced to life in prison next month. Laurel Walmsley and PR news. The annual inflation rate stayed high in September with consumer prices rising 8.2% from the year before. The government reports that even though gas prices saw a major decline last month increases in the cost of shelter food and medical care, kept inflation running hot. September inflation rate puts retirees on the path to the biggest cost of living adjustment in decades, minutes after the consumer price index report was released social security announced benefits would increase 8.7% starting in January. You're listening to NPR news. From WAB news in Atlanta, good afternoon. I'm Jim berry. Now, four O four. An east point woman has joined a class action lawsuit against car manufacturers Kia and Hyundai. Mary horn claims the company's made their vehicles easy for thieves to steal. Only Oppenheimer reports. Atlanta police say there was a sharp increase in thefts of Kia and Hyundai cars over the summer. According to the complaint, that's because most Kia and Hyundai vehicles don't have a crucial anti theft device. Called an engine immobilizer. That transmits a code to your car when the key is put in the ignition switch. The suit claims most of the cars before 2022 are defective, and thieves only need to get inside a car, pry off the ignition cover and use a screwdriver or even a USB cable to start the engine. Dubbed the Kia boys trend, videos on social platforms like TikTok show thieves, stealing the cars. The companies have not issued a recall. News. Two credit agencies are giving the city of Atlanta, a good rating on more than $400 million in debt. Alex Helmut explains. Atlanta earned a double a one from moody's investors service and a double a plus from Fitch ratings on its general obligation debt, which is usually paid back through taxes. Governments issue bonds as a way to raise money for projects. Those high ratings mean the agency stake the city is of low risk to default and can pay lower interest rates on the bonds it issues. Essentially, having to pay back less. The city says the 400 million it wants to raise as part of the moving
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"Edition from NPR news. I'm a Martinez in Los Angeles, California. And I'm lela faulted in Washington, D.C.. Kentucky Supreme Court is considering a case today that will decide whether the state can redirect would be tax dollars to private schools. It's a debate that once again pits advocates of privatizing schools against people worried about the underfunding of public education. Jess Clark of member station WFP will be in the courtroom today and joins us now on Skype hijacks good morning. Hello. So why don't we start with you just telling us more about this case? What's happening in the courtroom today? Sure, well, many people have heard about school vouchers. That's a program in which the state pays for certain families to attend private school. The stated rationale being that lower income families deserve the same access to private school as wealthier families. But school vouchers are actually not legal in Kentucky. The state constitution pretty explicitly forbids using tax dollars on non public schools. So this case is about a program private school advocates have created that is very similar to a voucher program, but different enough, they say that it doesn't violate the constitution. Okay, so before we get into details of what each side is arguing in the court, give us the context here about what's at stake in this case and why people are so invested. Well, it gets back to a debate that's played out in many states about the value of privatizing K12 education. Vouchers and tax credit scholarship programs are illegal in many other states. Some states even have both Indiana and Louisiana being to in proponents of these programs often refer to themselves as being for, quote, school choice. And they argue that all parents should have the right to opt out of the public school system, just like wealthy families who can pay for private school. On the other side, advocates of public education say a big reason parents even want to opt out is because for decades, lawmakers have underfunded public schools. In Kentucky, for example, if you adjust for inflation, spending per student is still significantly lower than it was in 2008. So opponents are worried that this program will just further drain funds away from students and from public schools. So that's the bird's eye view. Let's get into how this program in Kentucky would work and how advocates say it differs from vouchers. So this program is a tax credit scholarship fund at the risk of putting listeners back to sleep because that sounds pretty dry, but stick with me. Here's how it works. First, people or corporations make a donation to a scholarship fund that is managed by a third party. And then return for the donation, the donor gets a tax credit of up to 97% of their contribution. So essentially, these donors contribute to a scholarship fund in lieu of paying a state taxes. Then low and middle income families can apply to use the scholarship funds on educational expenses, including private school tuition. And advocates that the tax credit program say because the money never actually enters state coffers. The state is not technically funding these private schools and the program is therefore legal. And what's the other side saying? Well, opponents say this program will take even more money out of the public school system and create a system of haves and have nots. They call this program backdoor vouchers. And a lower court judge actually agreed with them saying the mechanism for collecting the funds is irrelevant because the program ultimately amounts to state support for private schools. Advocates of the program appealed that decision and that's why the court is hearing the case today. All right, and you will be in the courtroom that's just Clark with W FPL. Thank you so much for your time and your reporting. Thank you. A jury in Florida is expected to begin deliberations on whether the gunman who killed 17 people at marjory Stoneman Douglas high school gets the death sentence. Nicholas Cruz has pleaded guilty to the murders. Yeah, defense attorneys argued that cruise though should be spared and given life in prison without the possibility of parole instead because of his troubled history and his mental health. NPR's Greg Allen has been following the trial, he joins us now from Miami and some of what you'll hear in his report might be disturbing. Greg, how will the jury decide whether Cruz deserves the death penalty? Well, under Florida law, a jurors can hand down a sentence of death if they find that aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors. And prosecutors detailed several aggravating factors they think that apply here. Prosecutor Mike sat says videos, cruise recorded on his cell phone, social media posts, and even Internet searches showed that he planned this attack on the school months in advance. What he did was to murder children at school and their caretakers. That's what he wanted to do. That's what he planned to do. That's what he wanted to do, and that's what he did. And there are other aggravating factors. The fact that multiple murders were carried out that they were done at a school and that they were done in a way that was especially quote heinous atrocious or cruel on that point, the jury heard disturbing testimony from survivors about the terror they experienced that day. Jurors also watched surveillance videos showing crews returning to victims he wounded and shooting them again, killing them. Now, as we mentioned, Cruz's guilt has already been established. He pleaded guilty. What's the case, his defense has made for giving him a life sentence? Well, I've spoken to experienced lawyers who say this is one of the most difficult death penalty cases for the defense they've ever seen in Florida. Yesterday, the jury once again viewed a 14 minute surveillance video from the school that recorded the entire attack. It's not been made public very disturbing, but it depicts cruise methodically shooting into classrooms and down hallways. And then reloading his AR-15 style rifle several times with new magazines. Several weeks ago, the jury visited the building at March, we stillman Douglas high school, where the shootings occurred where they saw bloodstains, bullet holes, another evidence of the attack, defense lawyer Melissa McNeil has tried to move past the shooting, saying, by pleading guilty to the murders, Cruz is accepting responsibility. She's tried instead to focus on cruises troubled history that began before he was born when his mother abused drugs and alcohol while she was pregnant with him. But how would that help him avoid the death penalty? Well, McNeil spent a lot of time yesterday in her closing argument, recounting all the problems crews had in school and in his interactions with others. She talked about testimony from experts who said, crew suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. She said he never received a proper diagnosis or treatment because everyone from his adoptive mother to school officials
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"It's morning edition from NPR news, ami Martinez in Los Angeles, California. And I'm Leila fauld in Washington, D.C.. Kentucky Supreme Court is considering a case today that will decide whether the state can redirect would be tax dollars to private schools. It's a debate that once again pits advocates of privatizing schools against people worried about the underfunding of public education. Jess Clark of member station W FPL will be in the courtroom today and joins us now on Skype hijack a morning. Hello. So why don't we start with you just telling us more about this case? What's happening in the courtroom today? Sure, well, many people have heard about school vouchers. That's a program in which the state pays for certain families to attend private school. The stated rationale being that lower income families deserve the same access to private school as wealthier families. But school vouchers are actually not legal in Kentucky. The state constitution pretty explicitly forbids using tax dollars on non public schools. So this case is about a program private school advocates have created that is very similar to a voucher program, but different enough, they say that it doesn't violate the constitution. Okay, so before we get into details of what each side is arguing, arguing in the court, give us the context here about what's at stake in this case and why people are so invested. Well, it gets back to a debate that's played out in many states about the value of privatizing K12 education. Vouchers and tax credit scholarship programs are illegal in many other states. Some states even have both Indiana and Louisiana being to in proponents of these programs often refer to themselves as being for, quote, school choice. And they argue that all parents should have the right to opt out of the public school system, just like wealthy families who can pay for private school. On the other side, advocates of public education say a big reason parents even want to opt out is because for decades, lawmakers have underfunded public schools. In Kentucky, for example, if you adjust for inflation, spending per student is still significantly lower than it was in 2008. So opponents are worried that this program will just further drain funds away from students and from public schools. So that's the bird's eye view. Let's get into how this program in Kentucky would work and how advocates say it differs from vouchers. So this program is a tax credit scholarship fund at the risk of putting listeners back to sleep because that sounds pretty dry, but stick with me. Here's how it works. First, people or corporations make a donation to a scholarship fund that is managed by a third party. And then return for the donation, the donor gets a tax credit of up to 97% of their contribution. So essentially, these donors contribute to a scholarship fund in lieu of paying a state taxes. Then low and middle income families can apply to use the scholarship funds on educational expenses, including private school tuition. And advocates of the tax credit program say because the money never actually enters state coffers. The state is not technically funding these private schools and the program is therefore legal. And what's the other side saying? Well, opponents say this program will take even more money out of the public school system and create a system of haves and have nots. They call this program backdoor vouchers. And a lower court judge actually agreed with them saying the mechanism for collecting the funds is irrelevant because the program ultimately amounts to state support for private schools. Advocates of the program appealed that decision and that's why the court is hearing the case today. All right, and you will be in the courtroom that's just Clark with W FPL. Thank you so much for your time and your reporting. Thank you. A jury in Florida is expected to begin deliberations on whether the gunman who killed 17 people at marjory Stoneman Douglas high school gets the death sentence. Nicholas Cruz has pleaded guilty to the murders. Yeah, defense attorneys argued that cruise though should be spared and given life in prison without the possibility of parole instead because of his troubled history and his mental health. NPR's Greg Allen has been following the trial, he joins us now from Miami and some of what you'll hear in his report might be disturbing. Greg, how will the jury decide whether Cruz deserves the death penalty? Well, under Florida law, a jurors can hand down a sentence of death if they find that aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors. And prosecutors detailed several aggravating factors they think that apply here. Prosecutor Mike sat says videos, cruise recorded on his cell phone, social media posts, and even Internet searches showed that he planned this attack on the school months in advance. What she did was to murder children at school and their caretakers. That's what he wanted to do. That's what he planned to do. That's what he wanted to do, and that's what he did. And there are other aggravating factors. The fact that multiple murders were carried out that they were done at a school and that they were done in a way that was especially quote heinous atrocious or cruel, on that point, the jury heard disturbing testimony from survivors about the terror they experienced that day. Jurors also watched surveillance videos showing crews returning to victims he wounded and shooting them again, killing them. Now, as we mentioned, Cruz's guilt has already been established. He pleaded guilty. What's the case, his defense has made for giving him a life sentence? Well, I've spoken to experienced lawyers who say this is one of the most difficult death penalty cases for the defense they've ever seen in Florida. Yesterday, the jury once again viewed a 14 minute surveillance video from the school that recorded the entire attack. It's not been made public very disturbing, but it depicts cruise methodically shooting into classrooms and down hallways. And then reloading his AR-15 style rifle several times with new magazines. Several weeks ago, the jury visited the building at March, we stillman Douglas high school, where the shootings occurred where they saw bloodstains, bullet holes, and other evidence of the attack. Defense lawyer Melissa McNeil has tried to move past the shooting, saying, by pleading guilty to the murders, Cruz is accepting responsibility. She's tried instead to focus on cruise's troubled history that began before he was born when his mother abused drugs and alcohol while she was pregnant with him. But how would that help him avoid the death penalty? Well, McNeil spent a lot of time yesterday in her closing argument, recounting all the problems Cruz had in school and in his interactions with others. She talked about testimony from experts who said, Cruz suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. She said he never received a proper diagnosis or treatment because everyone from his adoptive mother to school officials dropped the ball. And at least one juror opts for life, the death penalty then is off the table. But Neil acknowledged though to jurors that thought would require courage. Your individual moral decision must not be based upon what you think that this community wants. Or what you think anybody else wants. This is your individual moral decision. Many of the family members of those who have died have been outspoken about their desire to seek crews receive the death penalty. Throughout the trial, many of them been in the courtroom, there's been some difficult days, and I'm sure they will be there when the jury finally comes in with the verdict, whenever that is. NPR's Greg Allen in Miami Greg thanks. You're welcome. This is NPR news
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"Murderers. He's taking his accepting his guilt for that. They've instead tried to focus us on Cruz's troubled personal history. And that's a history that started when his birth mother, mother Brenda woodard, abused alcohol and cocaine while she was pregnant with them, quiz defense lawyers have read a lot of medical experts to make the case that he suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Here's his attorney, Melissa McNeil. You now know that Nicholas is a brain damaged, broken, mentally ill person. Through no fault of his own. He was literally poisoned in Brenda's home. These are all consequences of cruise's middle impairment. She says of FASD his problems in school and elsewhere, and they say that's reason to give him not death, but life in prison without possibility of parole. All right. And pierce Greg Allen reporting for us from the courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, thank you, Greg. You're welcome. President Biden is reevaluating the U.S. Saudi relationship after last week's decision by OPEC plus to slash 2 million barrels a day of oil production. That's according to John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council speaking today. Research decision by okay. And Saudi Arabia's leadership, he does believe that this is a good time to reevaluate and see what that relationship on a look like going forward. Analysts say the breach created by these production cuts could be a turning point in U.S. Saudi relations and PR international affairs correspondent jeffy, Jackie northam reports. It wasn't just a sheer size of the cut in oil production by OPEC plus. It was also the timing coming about three months after President Biden visited Saudi Arabia to lobby against such a reduction and just ahead of the midterm elections here in the U.S. where prices at the gas pump could have an effect on voters. Jonathan panico is director of the scowcroft Middle East security initiative at the Atlantic council. It feels punitive against the Biden administration. And I think it's hard to think it's otherwise because the Saudis are at naive about the U.S. political situation. It may not have been the core reason for doing it, but they absolutely were happy to do it. A senior fellow at the Middle East institute says Saudi Arabia has legitimate business reasons for the cut. They're seeking higher prices now in case a global recession reduces demand later. And he says that despite concerted U.S. attempts to talk them out of a production cut all 24 members of OPEC plus were on board with it. This is a decision that was not just Saudi. It was unanimous and it was driven by economics and market dynamics rather than politics. Russia is co chair of OPEC plus. Its deputy prime minister Alexander Novak, who is sanctioned by the U.S., sat at the table when the cuts were announced. The production cuts mean higher revenue for Russia to support the war in Ukraine. Jason board off his director of Columbia University's center on global energy policy. Many in D.C. view the Saudis now is aligned themselves with Russia at a time when Russian troops are killing Ukrainians. And reduced Russian energy exports are plunging much of the world into an energy crisis. The Atlantic council's panna COFF says this incident represents a profound shift in U.S. Saudi relations and much of that has to do with Saudis de facto leader, crown prince Mohammed bin Salman. I don't think we fully accepted the notion that he is a different leader than we've ever dealt with. And so we're going to have to have a different relationship. Pana cough says The Crown prince is a transactional leader, and that the U.S. will have to decide if it wants to spend time and energy, rebuilding its strategic relationship with the kingdom or become more transactional as well, panic off says that could affect Saudi Arabia's security guarantees. And maybe we don't sell the more advanced aircraft. And maybe the training exercises are on older generation hardware. And maybe yes, we remove some patriot batteries and say, look, we recognize your security. We're not trying to diminish it. We have to balance our security goals as well. Some members of Congress want to freeze weapon sales to Saudi Arabia or to initiate price fixing cases against OPEC plus, but macso with the Middle East institute, says the gulf region is no longer beholden to the U.S. and has the right to look for other options. And so they are building bridges to China, which, by the way, accounts for over a quarter of oil exports from Saudi Arabia, and also with Russia that had been sort of expanding its role in the Middle East. Today, the Saudi foreign minister for Han bin Faisal said Saudi Arabia's ties with the U.S. are strategic and have advanced the security and stability in the region, and that the oil cut was made purely for economic reasons. Jackie northam, NPR news, Washington. Israel and Lebanon have ended their longtime dispute over where to draw their border at sea. The U.S. mediated the deal between the two enemies, President Biden called it a historic breakthrough, and piers Daniel estrin reports from Tel Aviv on what prompted the deal. The U.S. says it's the first time Israel and Lebanon have ever mutually agreed on a border between them. Israeli prime minister lapid echoed President Biden calling it historic. He said Israel has been trying to reach this deal for more than ten years, and that it will strengthen the security of northern Israel. The matter in dispute was who gets natural gas fields off the Mediterranean coast. One is in disputed waters. Another is an Israeli waters where Lebanon laid a new claim two years ago. Israel recently made moves to extract gas there and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah made threats of war. The details haven't been officially announced, but reportedly the two sides compromised on the borderline. Israel will extract gas from one field and Lebanon will explore for gas and the other potential field with the U.S. and Israel saying Lebanon will share some of the revenues. Lebanon's chief negotiator Elias busa says the deal satisfies both sides. He said it would provide economic stability and some hope to Lebanese with their economy and crisis and an electric grid that often provides just a couple hours of power a day. For Lebanon, Lebanese American render slim is a senior fellow at the Middle East institute in Washington. It removes a source of tension and it opens prospects for Lebanon economic prospects, and we don't know how much gas there is, but still, even if some gas gets out, it can be used in the Lebanese domestic market. And it can provide a source of revenue for a country whose economy is in major Dire Straits right now. She thinks it could pave the way for negotiations over their land border now. Former deputy Israeli navy chief shaul harev also thinks it's a step forward. Once you have such an agreement, it is the beginning of normalization the relationships between us and Lebanon that former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the deal is a capitulation to Hezbollah, and with Israeli elections just three weeks away. He says he won't consider himself beholden to the deal if he's voted back into office. Daniel estrin NPR news, Tel Aviv.
NewsRadio WIOD
"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on NewsRadio WIOD
"Today with roads and bridges cleared and inspected, powers back on for 99% of floridians and thousands who didn't evacuate have been rescued. Governor desantis says that he's amazed by the attitudes of floridians who lost everything. The folks that I've talked to in the shelters who were displaced, all they can talk about is how thankful they are for the effort of people. And they're not talking about their own misfortune. I thought that Moore would do that because it's such a devastating thing. They're just saying thank you 135,000 statewide remain in the dark, mostly in hard hit Lee county, the death toll is more than 130. Property insurance claims continue to mount in the wake of hurricane Ian in Florida. The latest numbers from the Florida office of insurance regulation says more than 375,000 were filed, as of yesterday, the total for estimated losses has reached more than 3 billion, which is already up from Wednesday's forecast, the state agency expects claims to continue to steadily rise as residents and businesses assess damages from the category four storm. I'm Lisa Taylor. That's insured losses uninsured losses from Ian could top 10 billion. Another psychologist tells the Parkland shooter jury that gunmen Nicholas Cruz is not mentally ill and knew exactly what he was doing. Mister Cruz does not have a neurocognitive and neuropsychological disorder. And I do not believe he meets the criteria any of the criteria for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. I saw a lot of antisocial personality disorder. Closing arguments are Tuesday, jurors deciding if Cruz gets life in prison or the death penalty for killing 17, with Florida's news, I'm Steve summers. Anthony was working a dead end job. Lala surviving, but I wasn't getting ahead anymore. A friend told him about my computer career. She's like, I'm already in the program. She's like, you'd be crazy if you don't do it. So I jumped right in and have not regretted it. Anthony did it all online. All you gotta do is have an Internet connection and you can do it
WNYC 93.9 FM
"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"Shooting students and staff members. When he was done, 17 people were dead and 17 others were wounded. The murders were captured on surveillance video. In court students and teachers who survived the shooting described the horrific events. In our opening statement yesterday, defense attorney Melissa McNeil acknowledged cruises responsibility and tried to turn the page. Everyone here agrees that Nicholas deserves to be punished. Without a doubt. But life without the possibility of parole is a severe nationality. Under Florida law, a unanimous verdict is required for the joy to deliver a sense of death. That means they must convince at least one juror that Cruz deserves a sentence of life in prison. Jurors must decide if aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors. Prosecutors have laid out a host of reasons they're asking for the death penalty. Among them, the fact that multiple murders were committed, and that it was in legal parlance, horrendous atrocious or cruel. Yesterday, the defense began telling cruise's history in hopes that it may sway some jurors from a death sentence. Among the witnesses was Carolyn deacons, who described herself as a recovering addict, we used to abuse alcohol and crack cocaine with cruise's birth mother, Brenda woodard. Dickens says both women worked as prostitutes to support their drug habit. She says she was angry when woodard told her she was pregnant. A little bit. She said, don't worry about it. It's all took care of. I have a lawyer and the baby's growing up for adoption. And so I'm not going to have to worry about it. And that's how she failed. She didn't want it. And then she addressed Cruz directly. Nicholas, I'm sorry, that's how it was. The jury also heard from Cruz's older sister, who spoke about her mother's rapid drug and alcohol abuse. Another witness was one of cruise's first teachers when he was just three years old. She noted at the time that he was developmentally delayed, and had significant behavioral problems. Defense attorney Melissa McNeil said, she'll present evidence and testimony from experts that Cruz suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. She also talked about disturbing drawings and threats of violence, cruise continues to produce now, while he's in jail. But his brain is complete. He's a damaged human being. And that's why these things happen. McNeil plays some of the blame for Cruz's problems on his adoptive mother, Linda Cruz, now deceased. Cruz at first ignored her son's problems in need for help McNeil says. Later over the objections of counselors and Friends, she brought him first a BB gun, and then when he turned 18, helped him buy a rifle. McNeil says she isn't trying to justify it or explain the attack in the 17 deaths. She told the jury, they should have a full picture of cruise's troubled history before they decide on his sentence. The defense will continue making its case in court today. Greg Allen and PR news Fort Lauderdale. Al shabaab, the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group stormed a popular hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia the other day. Somali forces pushed back and ended a 30 hour siege, but the attack left 21 people dead and dozens wounded. Let's talk about this with Omar Mahmoud, who is a senior analyst with the international crisis group, his focus is East Africa, welcome to the program. Thank you very much for having me, Steve. I feel that Americans may need a reorientation on Al shabaab. They haven't been in the news very much here lately. Who are they and what do they want? Well, ultra mob is a militant Islamist group that's been present in Somalia, fighting against the government there for about the past 15 years. They were born out of an Ethiopian invasion to Somalia and started out as resisting that, but over time have become really the dominant governing actor in rural areas of Somalia while the government's hunkered down in sort of the urban centers. But they're pushing for their version of Islamic Sharia law to be implemented across Somalia and that's where they've continued this fight against the Somali government. If their strength is in the rural areas, is it surprising they would get into Mogadishu and assault a hotel on this scale? Well, their strength is in the rural areas, but they maintain the ability to penetrate urban centers and urban centers controlled by the government as well. So we've seen attacks like this quite frequently, honestly. You know, the past year or two, they tapered off, but before that, this type of incident, unfortunately, was a regular occurrence. As you talk about this rural urban divide, I immediately think of Afghanistan, where the Taliban controlled rural areas long before they could control the cities, it was thought the cities could hold out and that turned out not to be true. Are there any parallels here? Yeah, I mean, I think there's always many contextual differences between two different circumstances, but I think, of course, you know, we can't fail to see some of the parallels as well. And Al shabab strength is really being able to hold those rural areas because that allows them access to populations in order to supplement their recruitment. It allows them to tax and have extortion practices along some of the trade routes. And so that's really kind of their center of gravity. And that's what helps them conduct the penetration into urban areas as well. What kind of strength does the government have to push back? Well, the government does have a number of advantages with it. You know, it has international backing. For example, there is an African Union peacekeeping mission, which helps protect government and urban centers. There's, of course, the U.S. Military presence, president Trump, and the Wayne Dave had announced he was repositioning some of those troops out of Somalia, but President Biden has brought them back in. There's a little bit of air power with that as well. We have to remember, though, this is a government that's still being formed, you know, 15 years ago, it didn't exist at all. So it's still slowly coming into its own, but it does have significant outside support. You mentioned the U.S. presence. In your judgment has the U.S. presence been constructive, helpful there. I think it's been helpful, but insufficient. And by that, I mean the U.S. presence has focused very much from a counter terrorism perspective very much from a military perspective. And there have been some successes there. There is an elite part of the somalian national army that's been trained by the U.S. that's done quite well. And some of the drone strikes do keep pressure on shabab. But the problem is that the military is only part of the solution. There's not as much focus on the political work in terms of the reconciliation in terms of getting the Somali government to function politically and in a manner that can also match the coherence of an organization like shabab. So I think it's part of the puzzle, but it hasn't been the full part. Omar Mahmoud is
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"International crisis group. Thanks so much. Thank you for having me. Lawyers for the gunmen who opened fire on marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Florida have begun to present their case. Nicholas Cruz has already pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder. The jury now has two options, a sentence of life in prison without parole, or the death penalty. Defense lawyers are asking the jury to spare cruises life NPR's Greg Allen reports. Defense lawyers for Nicholas Cruz deferred delivering their opening statement until the prosecution had made its case. For weeks the jury heard emotional and graphic testimony as prosecutors laid out the grim facts. The facts have never been in dispute. In February of 2018, crews of troubled former student entered a school building with an AR-15 style rifle and began shooting students and staff members. When he was done, 17 people were dead and 17 others were wounded. The murders were captured on surveillance video. In court students and teachers who survived the shooting described the horrific events. In our opening statement yesterday, defense attorney Melissa McNeill acknowledged cruises responsibility and tried to turn the page. Everyone here agrees that was deserves to be punished. Without a doubt. But life without the possibility of parole is a severe nationality. Under Florida law, a unanimous verdict is required for the joy to deliver a sense of death. That means they must convince at least one juror that Cruz deserves a sentence of life in prison. Jurors must decide if aggravating factors outweigh mitigating factors. Prosecutors have laid out a host of reasons they're asking for the death penalty. Among them, the fact that multiple murders were committed, and that it was in legal parlance, horrendous atrocious or cruel. Yesterday, the defense began telling Cruz's history in hopes that it may sway some jurors from a death sentence. Among the witnesses was Carolyn deacons, who described herself as a recovering addict, who used to abuse alcohol and crack cocaine with cruise's birth mother, Brenda woodard. Dickens says both women worked as prostitutes to support their drug habit. She says she was angry when woodard told her she was pregnant. A little bit. She said, don't worry about it. It's all took care of. I have a lawyer and the baby's growing up for adoption. And so I'm not going to have to worry about it. And that's how she failed. She didn't want it. And then she addressed Cruz directly. Nicholas, I'm sorry, but that's how it was. The jury also heard from Cruz's older sister, who spoke about her mother's rapid drug and alcohol abuse. Another witness was one of cruise's first teachers when he was just three years old. She noted at the time that he was developmentally delayed, and had significant behavioral problems. The fit's attorney Melissa McNeil said, she'll present evidence and testimony from experts that cruise suffers from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. She also talked about distributing drawings and threats of violence, cruise continues to produce now, while he's in jail. But his brain is complete. He's a damaged human being. And that's why these things happen. McNeil plays some of the blame for Cruz's problems on his adoptive mother, Linda Cruz, now deceased. Cruz at first ignored her son's problems in need for help McNeil says. Later over the objections of counselors and Friends, she brought him first a BB gun, and then when he turned 18, helped him buy a rifle. McNeil says she isn't trying to justify it or explain the attack in the 17 deaths. She told the jury, they should have a full picture of cruise's troubled history before they decide on his sentence. The defense will continue making its case in court today. Greg Allen and PR news Fort Lauderdale. This is NPR
The Mom Room
"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on The Mom Room
"And so your liver is just being slammed, the more you drink. And just unable to safely process the amount of alcohol that you're drinking. So for women who are pregnant or in postpartum, if they're breastfeeding, can we talk about that? So obviously we know you shouldn't drink if you're pregnant. But then I remember researching this in Europe and in some places like in North America, it's like abstinence, a 100%, but in some places of the world, it's not. So can we talk a little bit about alcohol while you're pregnant and then also while breastfeeding? Absolutely. It's a great question. And so the reason why we're cautious with alcohol in pregnancy, it's because alcohol is what we call a teratogen. So we know it causes adverse effects on the developing fetus or birth defects for a more generic term, primarily in the form of something called FASD. You know what that means. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. So FASD for short, and it's just a range of and the thing is is that it's a spectrum, right? Which is why it's so challenging. It's a range of physical and mental behavioral effects and learning disabilities. And it can be from mild to really severe and unfortunately, we just don't know what level is safe. So it's such a spectrum and it's so fascinating like, you know, I've had patients that have had really problematic alcohol use, and they didn't know they were pregnant until 20 weeks, 30 weeks pregnant, which happens all the time Renee all the time, right? And it's okay guys, if you're drinking in your didn't know you were pregnant. Don't worry about it. There's nothing you can do. So don't beat yourself up. And some of these children are very minimally affected. Well, as other people who had minimal, you know, to moderate alcohol can have a more significantly affected child. So that's why we don't know..
Woman's Hour
"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on Woman's Hour
"There's a lot of reasons that you explore it unpack in the book and you talk about what it is that makes us british allred identity. But did you put it down to racism that teacher said or how do you acknowledge it now at the time. You'll just young person so you you don't really think about the reasons for why somebody's saying something to you. I never put it down to my teach. I need to me. Because i was black. I put it down to my teacher. Believing not i just wasn't good enough but when i look at it. There is a preconceived idea about caribbean children in schools and their ability and within the book. I'm look reports. There have been drastic things that have been done that identify that. There are low expectations when he comes to caribbean children. So if they do fall away or they grades on that. Good the reasoning behind. That is just not as capable which is soul destroying for somebody who is capable a message. That's just coming from. Linda saying listening to pauline. I did the same qualified as a solicitor. Just before my fortieth birthday it was the perfect job for me. Don't be afraid to change if you're lucky. Life is long and it doesn't have to be a smooth line. Yeah exactly rice and peas and fish and chips as exactly that. What i don't want is for fourteen or fifteen year old child to be me. I want them to read this book and say hold on a minute. I'm not gonna waste sixteen years of my life in believed in what i'm told. I'm going to believe in me from the star irrespective of what surround me irrespective of the processes that are in place. It's up to me to do. i need to do. And a number of people change their careers later on in life and they do incredibly well with it. So it's a leech how to people who are all ages who want to change and are not happy with what they doing to become what they want and to that it can be done polling. Thank you so much for talking to us. Today pulling campbell. Books called rice and peas fish and chips and it should be with vinegar. I'm just gonna leave it. Like pauline is not going to agree with me but you know one time i can win. An argument with the lawyer is when we talk about that and it's a it's a straightforward one. So thank you to poorly. That's more messages about things that you've done a bit later in life and keep them coming in please. I did mention this. New study interfere fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Arrange of lifelong disabilities caused by drinking alcohol during pregnancy suggests. Between six hundred and thirteen hundred children across greater manchester could have developed those disorders every other condition based on those.
The Dictionary
"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on The Dictionary
"Kakai cockeyed cockfight. cock horse. cockle cockleshell cockles of the heart and cock loft. Well i think maybe i'll just pick cockles of the heart as the word of the episode. Because you want the cockles ma new year baby. That was an excuse to put it into a song because it seemed the easiest thing to do the least amount of brain effort all right. What are the holidays today. Nine nine ukraine armored forces day california california admission day admission to what costa rica children's day in japan. It is percent the monday or also key kuno sekul in slovakia. It is day of the victims of holocaust and of racial violence in the uk. It is emergency services day deal. I feel like i need to overstretch. My lips do speak better. It is re independence day or republic day The people's the democratic people's democratic people's republic of korea so many words that is north korea. I could have just said that. It is independence day in tajikstan from the ussr. It is martyr's day in afghanistan remembrance. Herman the cherubin that is the trough. Whatever the trough is up. And i think we're still on yesterday for this page. It is the mtv video music awards. It is a question mark holiday in australia. Are you okay. That is a holiday in australia. Okay i don't know what you're supposed to do on that day in costa rica. it is children's day in italy. It is day of remembrance of the missing sailors at sea. in switzerland. It is geneva. Pereira day and i think it is time for some fun holidays. It would be great if in the future for this show. I could actually like celebrate each of these in some way in. Yeah that would be kinda cool. It is care. Bears share your care. Day care bear shared care day. I don't know the song the theme song to the campus. But i used to watch that. When i was a kid because i am a child of the eighties fetal alcohol spectrum disorders awareness day. What i don't know what disorders. And why would they be on spectrum. I don't know anything about that. I should probably know this Maybe someday will actually read about that. It is international. But i also please. I don't want no babies born with fetal alcohol disorder. that's not good International by a priest a beer day. So if you see. I ooh this would be good if you want a free beer. Maybe go to a bar dressed as a priest. See what that see what that brings fun with that if you do that let me know. It is international sudoku day. I do really like sudoku i can do. The easies great. I can do the mediums fine. The hard there's a pretty good chance. I might not be able to finish a hard sudoku it. They get to a point. Where you gotta guess or maybe. I'm just not smart enough but it is a fun game. Works your brain do it. It is national stake up wa of day whatever that means it is french national teddy bear day when i was a kid. I had a poster in my room of a whole bunch of teddy bears. I think if. I'm remembering this correctly..
The Unfiltered Real Talk Podcast
"fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" Discussed on The Unfiltered Real Talk Podcast
"Hello everyone. And welcome to another episode of seville. Talked podcast. I'm really excited. Today's conversation is when a friend of mine and she is passionate about fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and she wants to talk to us about that. So i have been doing a couple episodes on persons with special needs and my guest is someone who is working in the area of human services. And i'm just excited to have her here to have this conversation with us. So welcome andrea. Erasmus i'm really happy to have you here. Thank you for inviting me. I'm excited to be here. I would like to introduce yourself a little bit. Tell us about why you're passionate about today's conversation. Iran if he st. Okay so my name is andrea. Russ miss. I've been working with children and families and vulnerable children and families in different capacities and alberta for the last seven years. I'm also south african. Yes there to represent represent our african sisters exactly at a very passionate about fasd for the simple reason that it is one hundred percent preventable in many things in terms of prenatal health. As many things of women does not have control over in terms of bringing a child into this world but fasd is completely preventable. And that is why. I'm here to spread the word. I want to talk about it. There's a lot of misinformation a matters a lot of shame and what let's talk about. So let's talk about it so give us a little bit more background information the basics. I wanna start out by letting our listeners know that we are in no way physicians. We're in no way medical practitioners. We are not speaking from any professional perspective but simply out of a police of passion and personal experience for the issue of fasd. So please make sure that you understand that we are not here to diagnose anyone to suggest any kind of medical recommendation. Our discussion today is one hundred percent from our personal background. So less thought out and by talking about your understanding of fasd. I did do some research and a lot of the information that i got was from. Cdc center of disease control and prevention. But i like it to check a quick chat with us. About what fiesty. Why you said is preventable. Christie just said it is preventable and other general information that you think mums and everyone else should be aware of. So i mean you talk about. Cdc that's a great resource. And i'm just gonna go to health canada's website where we're both located right now absolutely. Fasd as health. Canada defines. It is a brain injury that can occur when an unborn baby. It's exposed to. Alcohol is a lifelong disorder with infects that include physical mental behavioral and learning disabilities and because it's fetal alcohol spectrum disorder these disabilities as the spectrum. It can range from mild to severe. Obviously there's no known safe amount of alcohol returning. You can't test you know all these lab tests on human baby pregnant people obsolete exactly so there's no safe amount of known alcohol for a mother that we do know. Fasd is specifically caused by alcohol. Exposure in utero and is the leading cause of preventable developmental disabilities in canada. Taking it back to south africa global research says south. Africa has the highest rates of fasd in the On the planet. What yes okay. This is news to me. Yes we can talk about that in the mess and the acrobat. Because you're african. We are advocating end. Yeah i liked to start over home in any compensation okay. Because i think it's important to address. Our people. charity begins at from home. Is what my name you people say. That's why is south africa. All my goodness you know like unbelie- pulled up some numbers so like the global prevalence they estimate and an fasd's also part of the diagnosis fasd is the disclosure of the mother. Admitting to drinking while pregnant right like how. Can you be diagnosed. If nobody says so the global prevalence they estimate and of course this will never be an exact science because there's no one hundred percent is about eight per one thousand births of every eight babies per one thousand but south africa depending way. Aw in south africa's so the western cape province has the highest rates but it ranges anywhere from twenty nine to two hundred ninety per one thousand. Live births is a lot. Yes with and it's intergenerational right and we can talk about the cultural norms. We can talk about the social attitudes of harvey socioeconomic things out old ties in but the point is south africa as what they believe is the highest rates in the world and like eclipses ireland. Which doll is the second highest and then some of it is historical. You know. Due to south africa's history of colonization weiss rule They wear policies in place. Where the fom is paid farm labourers in alcohol per week and that had entered that that did get outlawed but the point is it also creates a system of addiction system of dependence on the system of normalcy. In using alcohol. Right south africa has a high prevalence of illegal liquor stores. Liquor stores that aren't licensed on regulated. You combine whatever they're and they're probably selling to whoever there because it's not a regulated thing these illegal facilities with there serving in selling liquor so this you know they're not going to be checking. Id and is not the regulations around that and there's also like a big social component because alcohol has been such a big part of the country's history on the country's current activities as it's just it's normalized in many senses in many places. Yeah it is i. I remember watching a video on. I think i might have sent to you as well. When i saw a bunch of what appeared to be high school kids consuming some kind of alcoholic hand sanitizer or yet some sort and i just remember thinking wow like. I didn't realize that this is such a big in serious issue in south africa. Yes that is. A huge issue and another issue is also from like a government policy perspective. In countries like canada. You know united states. Uk new zealand. Australia fasd in prenatal drink. Alcohol exposure seen as a public health issue. That's a lot of matt. You know you go to the public. A toilet a bathroom in a restaurant. You see the posters on the stalls is seen as a public health issue here when in south africa the isn't that same level of education and awareness and in many countries particularly in sub saharan africa. We know this much higher rates of drinking. So i'm gonna get into that conversation a little bit later. But i'll ask you what you think. What posey measures. Or what policymakers can use to address this problem. But before we get into less talk about dimiss in misconceptions around fiesty his. Are you talked about stigma in a little bit in the beginning. So let's get into that. I i just want to start off. I'm sure this goes without saying most people know this that when a woman gets pregnant The baby develops from the inside out right. The embryo develops the brain and the spinal tube the spinal column and then everything else you know fingers toes fingernails. That can stuff comes later from this rains. Yes but the brain develops i. And the brits the neural tube that's cold so that develops boast so many women don't find out figure out the pregnant until they're four to six weeks along right so that kind of in general and this is again on a a socioeconomic thing. This is just a general statement. So if you're casually drinking drinking often you probably end in general you're not gonna know you're pregnant to your four to six weeks along and we know that the baby's brain develop first house all kinds of tied at some of the common myths. And i mean. I hear those these myths here..
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"Night of your life. Getting pulled over for buzz driving could cost you around $10,000 in fines, legal fees and increased insurance rates. Nothing kills a buzz like getting pulled over for bus driving because bus driving is drunk driving. Brought to you by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Ad council. When a woman drinks alcohol, So does her unborn baby. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause low birth weight, birth defects and a range of lifelong disorders known his fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Children with these disorders may have difficulty paying attention, poor coordination, developmental delays. As well as a typical facial features. They may be misunderstood, vulnerable to abuse and often the nature of their problem is not recognized as adults. They would risk of entering the criminal justice system or end up jobless, homeless or struggling with addiction. Children and adults with an F A. S T can succeed with appropriate strategies and interventions. There is no known safe time to drink during pregnancy. F A s desire 100% preventable If a woman does not drink during pregnancy. If you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant and cannot stop drinking, get help. Stop and think if you're pregnant, please. Don't drink Atlanta's news and talk 95.5. W S, b B F M and HT one Doraville and on AM 7 50 WSB Atlanta For much. First, it's nightly news live. President Biden today signed into law New Gun laws to tax common firearms. $200 per gun refused to pay and you'll have to surrender your guns. President Biden's anti gun law passed on a straight party line vote, thanks to two new liberal senators from Georgia. Stop this from happening. Vote against war noch and Ass off before my Gun Owners Action fund not authorized by any candidate, a candidate's committee. Gun owners actually fun dot com Hi,.