This page was exported from The Rutgers Law Record [ https://lawrecord.com ] Export date:Tue Apr 23 14:28:21 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Defining Intellectual Disability: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Capital Punishment --------------------------------------------------- 38 Rutgers L. Rec. 97 (2011) | WestLaw | LexisNexis | PDF The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, for every 1,000 live births in the United States, there are between 0.2 and 1.5 cases of a preventable mental disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). However, FAS only represents a small number of patients who fit within a category of debilitating mental conditions known collectively as the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Scientists estimate that there are at least three times as many cases of FASD as cases of FAS, but the incidence of FASD is difficult to quantify and likely to be greatly underestimated due to a lack of awareness, problems reporting the disorder, and difficulties in diagnosing the disorder. View the entire article --> --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2011-05-27 19:10:09 Post date GMT: 2011-05-28 02:10:09 Post modified date: 2011-08-02 09:25:47 Post modified date GMT: 2011-08-02 16:25:47 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com