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Dr Doug Shelton's story

FASD: A Doctor's story

Gold Coast paediatrician Dr Doug Shelton shares his journey moving from ignorance to knowledge about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Dr Shelton now heads up one the leading FASD assessment clinics in Australia.


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What I wish health professionals knew about FASD

What I wish health professionals knew about FASD

Knowing is not the same us understanding. We asked a group of young people and their carers with lived experience of FASD to share some things they wanted health professionals - the paediatricians, psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists and more involved in FASD diagnosis and management – to understand.


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Geraldine and Lola

Geraldine and Lola


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