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trial123
09/24/08
Category: Parenting

how does ADHD differ from ADHD resulting from Fetal Alcohol syndrome?

We have an adopted son and he was dignosed with fetal alcohol syndrome at birth and then in 1st grade he was diagnosed with ADHD as a result of the FAS.  How do these dignoses differ.  I understand some children with ADHD often times outgrow their symtons and have heard that is not the…

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