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Next on Four Corners, we examine the sobering reality of the damage done by alcohol to unborn babies."It was really hard trying to be like all the other kids but I just I knew I was different." - Claire DClaire D is a vivacious 25-year-old. To the outside world she is just an average young woman:"She presents so well and convinces people she's fine and she can manage. But in reality there's a lot of areas where she really can't do it by herself without support."Seth is 31 and has spent a lifetime struggling to cope:"I look fine, I act fine but nobody actually knows what goes on in my head. Things that my brain does to me without me even wanting to. Makes life very difficult." - SethThey both have brain damage, caused by their mothers drinking alcohol in pregnancy."I'm sure there's lots of mothers out there that know that they drank. They're too scared to come forward because it's a shameful thing." - Claire H, mother who drank alcohol while pregnantIn this confronting story, we take you into the lives of three everyday Australian families grappling with the consequences of drinking in pregnancy. The children face a devastating range of problems, from behavioural issues to learning difficulties, collectively known as Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. And it's much more common than you might think. Best projections indicate it could affect more than half a million Australians."I think the burden... is predominantly in the white middle class." - PaediatricianWe go inside Australia's first dedicated clinic where specialists are diagnosing and tackling the disorder, and warn that some children diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) are actually suffering the effects of foetal alcohol exposure."We regard foetal alcohol spectrum disorder as being the driver for ADHD." - PaediatricianThe doctors also caution that Australia's heavy drinking culture overshadows the concerns we should have about women drinking alcohol in pregnancy."A woman does not have to be an alcoholic [to cause damage]." - Psychologist |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-11-02 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis.
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Children of prenatal alcohol abuse.
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Drug abuse in pregnancy.
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Fetal alcohol syndrome -- Patients.
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Fetus -- Effect of drugs on.
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Pregnant women -- Alcohol use.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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O'Brien, Kerry, host
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Whitmont, Debbie, reporter
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Bagley, Kerryn, contributor
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Bishop, Ingrid, contributor
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Carter, Maureen, contributor
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Conry, Julianne, contributor
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Crawford, Catherine, contributor
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Davis, Geoff, contributor
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Dinn, Tracey, contributor
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Endacott, Neroli, contributor
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Gibson, Maisie, contributor
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Hand, Marmingee, contributor
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Holland, Brad, contributor
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Holland, Claire, contributor
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Holland, Jaimie, contributor
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Kerr, Brian, contributor
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Martin, Wayne, contributor
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McGinn, Valerie, contributor
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McKinnell, Tim, contributor
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Oscar, June, contributor
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Pora, Teina, contributor
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Riley, Edward, contributor
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Russell, Anne, contributor
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Russell, Seth, contributor
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Shelton, Doug, contributor
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