The speaker Adrienne Bashista gave a very insightful speech about what Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is and how it is caused. Before our speaker told us about her son, I had very little knowledge about what FASD was. I now realize how severe FASD is and how even the slightest consumption of alcohol can affect a fetus during pregnancy. I became aware that FASD is a rare syndrome that only 2 to 5 percent of the population have. This statistic surprised me due to a large amount of woman who may drink when they are pregnant. I assumed the statistic would be higher due to young mothers who may not realize they are pregnant or mothers who have alcohol addictions. This makes me wonder if more children have FASD, but doctors have not diagnosed them yet or
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This may be the cause of why doctors do not diagnose children with FASD right away. Mrs. Bashistas’ son Jamie was different than the rest and she was aware of that. He was diagnosed with a plethora of other disorders such as ADHD, ODD, depression, etc. before being diagnosed with PFAS at the age of 9. I wonder why it took nine years to diagnose Jamie when the doctors knew that FASD was very similar to many other disorders. I can imagine how frustrating that must have been for Mrs. Bashista and her family. Jamie is not the only child out there who has FASD. Even though this is not a common syndrome, many people are born with it who are unaware. I have also learned that people with FASD have slower processing skills. It takes a person with FASD longer to process requests than the average person. I have learned from the speech that it is best to wait for a person with FASD to process the request before reminding or asking them a second time. Mrs. Bashistas’ story about Jamie really opened my eyes to how people with FASD respond to those situations. Also, consequences do not work for people with FASD. Since they have slower processing skills, consequences do not have much of an impact. Overall, the presentation gave me a new understanding of a syndrome that
This may be the cause of why doctors do not diagnose children with FASD right away. Mrs. Bashistas’ son Jamie was different than the rest and she was aware of that. He was diagnosed with a plethora of other disorders such as ADHD, ODD, depression, etc. before being diagnosed with PFAS at the age of 9. I wonder why it took nine years to diagnose Jamie when the doctors knew that FASD was very similar to many other disorders. I can imagine how frustrating that must have been for Mrs. Bashista and her family. Jamie is not the only child out there who has FASD. Even though this is not a common syndrome, many people are born with it who are unaware. I have also learned that people with FASD have slower processing skills. It takes a person with FASD longer to process requests than the average person. I have learned from the speech that it is best to wait for a person with FASD to process the request before reminding or asking them a second time. Mrs. Bashistas’ story about Jamie really opened my eyes to how people with FASD respond to those situations. Also, consequences do not work for people with FASD. Since they have slower processing skills, consequences do not have much of an impact. Overall, the presentation gave me a new understanding of a syndrome that