Fetal Alcohol SyndromeAccording to Seaver, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is a birth defect that causes learning and behavioral problems in individuals whose mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy. This disorder is very serious, yet it is recognized as one of the most preventable. This causes big problems, when something this serious could be prevented but isn't. Fetal alcohol syndrome is a problem because it leaves a permanent effect on the fetus, but some solutions could be educating women and placing more information posters and warning labels on products. of children born with fetal alcohol syndrome. Armstrong and Abel confirm that it was only discovered as a disorder in 1973. This shows that for decades, women who drank during pregnancy were unaware of the dangers. Before this discovery there had been anti-alcohol movements around the world, because alcohol was believed to be the reason for the increase in poverty and crime, as pointed out by Armstrong and Abel. This helped establish FAS as a disorder. There were two different events or issues in society that led to the realization of the dangers associated with drinking during pregnancy. One of them is the change in the drinking age caused by mothers against drunk driving (MADD) and states that lower blood alcohol levels. The other realization was the victimization of children, society was disgusted when they saw or heard about children who had been abused; physically or emotionally. So when it was learned that alcohol had adverse effects on the helpless baby in the womb, it was normal for people to be angry about it. What really caught people's attention was the S......in the center of the paper......Elizabeth R. Sowell. “Focus on: Structural and functional brain abnormalities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.” Alcohol Research and Health 34.1 (2011): 121-131. Health Source - Consumer Edition. Network. November 19, 2013.Perlstein, David, MD. "Symptoms, causes, treatment of fetal alcohol syndrome". On health. Ed.William C. Shiel Jr., MD. Medicine Net Inc., Web. 09 December 2013. .Seaver, Laurie Heron. "Fetal alcohol syndrome". The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders. Ed. Brigham Narins. 2nd ed. vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 461-464. Opposing points of view in context. Network. November 21, 2013.Warren, Kenneth R., Brenda G. Hewitt, and Jennifer D. Thomas. “Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: research challenges and opportunities.” Alcohol Research and Health 34.1 (2011): 4-14. Health Source - Consumer Edition. Network. November 19. 2013.