Among all the effects that alcohol has on prenatal development, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is the ultimate result. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) consist if the harmful effects of maternal alcohol consumption on a developing fetus. Some of the effects of FAS include facial deformities where there is “small eyes, the absence of, or flattening of, the vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip (smooth philtrum); and a thin upper lip (Thompson, Levitt, & Standwood , n.d.) . It appears that the more pronounce these features are in affected child, the greater the likelihood that the child experienced prenatal brain damage. There is also a lot of evidence where studies prove that FAS has a great impact on learning and memory, motor
