#fas

[fuckedupfemmebot]

Where are all the "slow" kids, the challenged kids, the burnouts from birth, the burden to have in class? Where are the autists who can't mask, who self harm, who are loud and can't stop stimming? The NDs with processing disorders, brain damage, brain fog? The ones with down syndrome, FAS, and other conditions that people treat like curses or defects. I hardly ever see them past 18 and I know they don't just dissolve once they become adults.

#FAS #down syndrome #dislexia #dyslexia #learning disability #processing disorder #brain fog #intellectual disability #nonverbal #actually austistic

[mutecevvil]

#marakeş #fas #morocco

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Fun With Astrology (presented by Carroll Righter), board game, FAS, 1973

#witches #astrologers #occult #vintage #board games #fas #fas games #f.a.s. #fun with astrology #astrology #carroll righter #1973

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

Today's contribution for Disability Pride Month

Obligatory "I don't have this disorder. I'm raising awareness because I'm so fucking sick of women that drink while pregnant bitching about how hard it is being an 'autism mom'". (Autism mom in quotes because a) it's probably not autism and b) the phrase "autism mom" to describe "mom if an autistic kid" is stupid.)

(I'm going to use the term "women" instead of "uterus haver" not to be exclusionary or transphobic. But because I have a severe headache effecting my ability to find words. I am trans-masc. Don't cancel me. I'm not a FART.)

(This is not to demonize people that suffer from alcoholism. Addiction is a very real disability. This is to raise awareness for one of the only known preventable birth defects and hopefully seek help.)

Thank you for the people at @bfpnola discord for checking my post to make sure this doesn't sound eugenics-y.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

FASD (previously known as fetal alcohol syndrome) is a disability that can range from mild to severe dependant on how much the mother drank while pregnant. It only takes one glass of wine while pregnant to cause this disorder

I already know what the fuck this is. Why are you talking about it?

Because your only know about the severe cases diagnosed as fetal alcohol syndrome. You THINK you know what it is. But the reclassification has only come up in like... 2003? Fetal alcohol syndrome is like... the far end worst severity of FASD. And since the new information of it being a spectrum disorder, estimates have the disorder as high as 5% of the population (and I really think it's higher based on some information I'm about to share).

Fine. So what is this... spectrum disorder?

Very good! So this disorder is HIGHLY misdiagnosed as autism. So all those boomers bitching about "the rates of autism going up?" Yeah they probably caused it. Symptoms include low body weight, facial differences, poor coordination, difficulty maintaining attention, poor memory, poor emotional regulation, slower development, poor reasoning skills, issues with the heart, bones, and kidneys, shorter height, shorter head size,

I have all of those things. How do I know it's FASD and not the autism?

That's kinda the issue. The only real way you can know is ask your mom if there's ANY possibility she's had a drink while she was pregnant. I can't stress this enough IT ONLY TAKES ONE DRINK. For instance I have a lot of those issues, but my mom was so paranoid she wouldn't even dye her hair or drink coffee. Like there's NO WAY.

Like what do I do about it?

Mostly get your accommodations met and raise awareness. Like people are still actively drinking while pregnant because they are still under the pre-2000 belief that just a couple of drinks are okay. It's really not. Not to mention most women don't know they're pregnant until 4-6 weeks in. So they shouldn't be drinking if they're actively trying to have a child. Because that increases the risk.

What the fuck. People are drinking while pregnant? I don't believe you.

Each of these claims are linked.

30.3% of all women reported drinking alcohol at some time during pregnancy, of which 8.3% reported binge drinking (4+ drinks on one occasion)

According to the Center for Disease Control, one in 10 (10.2%) of pregnant women in the United States reports drinking alcohol in the past 30 days.

Despite clear evidence that primary prevention of FASD is possible if prenatal alcohol exposure is avoided, up to 80 % of women drink during pregnancy, many before pregnancy recognition

What? Women are drinking while pregnant? That's fucked up.

This is not to say people with FASD are lesser than.

But all of this "curing autism" when most of this "autism" is caused by a pregnant person's ability to stop fucking drinking for literally 5 minutes. THESE WOMEN THAT ARE DRINKING WHILE PREGNANT ARE THE ONES CAUSING ALL OF THIS GIVING "AUTISM". IF YOU DRANK WHILE PREGNANT. IF THERE'S EVEN A SLIVER OF A CHANCE THAT YOUR DRANK WHILE PREGNANT? ITS PROBABLY NOT AUTISM. ITS PROBABLY THIS DISORDER.

I'm just really fed up with all of these "autism moms" that also make "wine mom" jokes and making light of literal alcoholism bitching about how hard it is to be an "autism mom" because YOU'RE THE PROBLEM. STOP LAUGHING ABOUT YOUR ALCOHOLISM AND PUT THE DAMN GLASS DOWN.

But my parents are literally autistic

So they don't really know the generational effect of FASD because the new knowledge is so new. But since FASD is literally genetic issues caused by alcohol while you're in the womb. It's assumed that it can cause issues that are passed down.

But like this diagnosis is SO NEW that we really don't know much.

-fae

#FASD #FAS #fetal alcohol spectrum disorder #fetal alcohol syndrome #disability #disability pride #disability pride month #disability awareness #disability awareness month

[aworldofpattern]

Beyoncé and dancers at the Renaissance World Tour in Stockholm

Wearing custom David Koma (based on the SS23 collection)

#beyoncé #beyonce #renaissance world tour #renaissance tour #fas #stage outfits #stage costume #david koma #ss23 #pattern #surface pattern #surface pattern design #pattern design #textile design #textiles #fashion #print #printed textiles #2023 #celebrity fashion #celebrity style

[fzkr-sndr049]

gonna remember (ci)flower's hair TmT

#vocal synth #vsynth #voisona #cevio ai #cevio #ci flower #chis-a #rime #fas #dammit wtf happened to tumblr...

[nevzatboyraz44]

Koşullara rağmen...❤️

Fas... Morocco

#morocco #fas #evlilik #türkiye #doğa #travel photography #travel destinations #travel #manzara #view #natural #europe #africa #Spotify

[disarmluna]

#fashion #style #oscars #academy awards #da'vine joy randolph #emma stone #winners #fas

[marner-hugs]

Can I say something…

#toronto blue jays #whit merrifield #teo hernandez #lourdes gurriel jr #FAs #free agency

[fuckedupfemmebot]

Please interact with the post if you're intellectually disabled or learning disabled. There's no way I'm the only one who's "slow" on this hellsite.

#dislexia #actually autistic #adhd #learning disability #intellectual disability #down syndrome #neurodivergent #FAS #FXS #Dyscalculia #dyslexia

[mutecevvil]

#morocco #fas

[elisaa-suu]

Nasıl da Hırvatistan'nın maçını izlemek istiyorum anlatamam ⚽

#dünya kupası #fas #hırvatistan #world cup

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

An unpopular opinion that actually makes sense when I explain why I have it. (Well makes sense if you're not abelist)

I'm not too fond of the "I don't want to be led by the people that ate off of led paint and played in asbestos." Criticism against baby boomers.

Obvious abelism aside (the criticism is implying that baby boomers are less fit to lead because asbestos and lead severely negatively impacts cognitive functioning.)

But both of these mass disabling events are centered around a lack of knowledge that asbestos and lead has such a severe impact on cognitive functioning.

And I don't like that because many people today are also victims of a mass disabling event caused by a lack of information.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

Up until 2013. The only fetal alcohol diagnosis that existed was Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. And it's caused by severe alcoholism in the pregnant person, and the baby tends to have withdrawals after they're born.

Back then. It was believed if you drank while pregnant, you could still get lucky, and your child can be born "completely fine".

But very recently (I think it was in the early 2000s?) People started saying "No. They're not 'completely fine'. They don't have the classic signs of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, but they're still impacted by the alcohol on the developing fetus." And it was in 2013 they realized that yes. Even "just one or two glasses" causes Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

It's estimated 1 in 10 pregnant women between the ages of 15-41 have had alcohol in the past month and 1 in 5 first graders have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

Fetal alcohol syndrome is pretty well known. They have a distinct face shape and learning disability.

But fetal alcohol spectrum disorder can (but doesn't always) have specific facial features. Other symptoms include

Trouble with emotional regulation

Issues learning

Low body weight

Loss of coordination

Issues with empathy

Shorter height

Hyperactivity

Holding attention difficulties

And you're thinking "wow. That sounds a lot like my autism/ADHD diagnosis". Yeah. Since it's not well known in its mild forms. It's often misdiagnosed as autism/ADHD and often times the best way to know is by straight up asking your parents if there's any chance your mom drank while pregnant.

I asked my mom, and she was one of those strict "I didn't even dye my hair while pregnant because I thought the chemicals would seep through my skin and affect the baby."

But like...

Let's not make fun of baby boomers for being disabled due to a lack of knowledge? When a lot of us Millennials and GenZ are probably affected by a similar lack of information.

-fae

#abelism #disabilty #fetal alcohol spectrum disorder #fetal alcohol syndrome #fasd #fas

[nonenglishsongs]

Thursday's Covers Day | Urban Turban & Shamim - Jag ger dig min morgon (Subhe män male tou) (Persian cover of "Jag ger dig min morgon", itself a Swedish cover of Tom Paxton's "I Give You The Morning")

#GORGEOUS middle eastern folk cover of western folk #pls listen even if you don't know the original(s) #thursday's covers day #urban turban & shamim #jag ger dig min morgon (subhe män male tou) #persian #فارسی #fas #indoiranian #indoeuropean #asia #2017 #2010s #folk #Spotify

[fzkr-sndr049]

fox girls 🦊🦊🦊

#cevio #neutrino #vocaloid #cevio ai #tohoku itako #daina #coko #rime #fas

[nevzatboyraz44]

instagram.com/@nevzat.boyraz44

#Raid alfassia palace #hostel #morocco #fes #fas #travel photography #türkiye #doğa #travel #travel destinations #manzara #view #natural #europe #africa #Spotify