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Senior Principal Research Fellow in Epidemiology of Birth Defects, including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, The Kids Research Institute Australia

If youths with brain impairment had been identified and supported early, their entry into the justice system could have been avoided entirely. from shutterstock.com

February 13, 2018

Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairment

Hayley M Passmore, The Kids Research Institute Australia; Carol Bower, The Kids Research Institute Australia, and Raewyn Mutch, The Kids Research Institute Australia

New research assessing young people in WA detention found 89% were severely impaired in at least one area of brain function. One in three had fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

Liberal MP Sharman Stone, speaking on Q&A. Q&A

April 17, 2016

FactCheck Q&A: does Australia have some of the highest rates per capita of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world?

Elizabeth Jane Elliott, University of Sydney

Liberal Party backbencher Sharman Stone told the Q&A audience that Australia has some of the highest rates per capita of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world. We check the research.

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