Long Term Effects of FASD
Brain damage in utero lasts a lifetime!
The resulting disabilities can severely impair the quality of life for the child, for the family and for society.
LIFE IMPLICATIONS
- easily victimized
- unfocused, distractible
- money management problems
- doesn’t learn from mistakes
- doesn’t understand consequences
- fails to perceive social cues
- quick to anger
- difficult relationships
- lack initative
- drops out of school
- susceptible to drug & alcohol abuse
- become “ineffective” parents
- unemployment
- homeless
- trouble with the law
- mental health problems
- premature death
It is common for FASD individuals with relatively high I.Q.’s to have more trouble in adult life than those with lower I.Q.’s