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Health
Keira Jenkins

New tool to improve diagnosis of lifelong condition

New guidelines aim to make it easier for practitioners to assess fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

New guidelines will help to reduce stigma and improve access to diagnosis and services for a lifelong disability in Australia, researchers say.

Arising from prenatal exposure to alcohol, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) can cause difficulties with attention, learning and memory, communication and behavioural and emotional regulation.

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