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Module 4: FASD Signs and Symptoms
Appendix 4-1
Back to FASD Signs and Symptoms Throughout the Lifespan
Specific Signs and Symptoms
Area of Dysfunction |
Symptoms |
| Central
nervous system impairments |
- Below average intelligence
- Delayed milestones
- Motor abnormalities
- Neurobehavioral disorders
- Perceptual problems
|
| Motor abnormalities |
- Poor gross motor skills
- Delays in fine motor skills
- Hand tremors
|
| Neurobehavioral disorders
|
- Hyperactivity
- Poor attention span
- Perceptual problems
- Poor impulse control
|
|
Langauge disabilities
|
- Late onset
- Delayed use of sentences
- Uneven expressive and receptive skills
- Low quality masked by high fluency
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| Behavioral manifestation
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- Social inappropriateness
- Persistent temper tantrums
- Excessive friendliness
- Fearlessness
- Poor response inhibition
- Processing deficits
- Input, output, integration deficits
- Short-term memory loss
- Sensory hypersensitivity
- Perseveration
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