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Local advocate urges awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder ahead of Sept. 9 observance

5810783 · September 5, 2025
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An adoptive mother described the lifelong harms of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, urged better prenatal education and announced local outreach for International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day on Sept. 9.

Kimberly Morris, an adoptive mother and Youngstown resident, urged county commissioners on Sept. 4 to raise awareness about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and described planned local outreach for the international awareness day on Sept. 9.

"It is the only 100 percent preventable birth defect," Morris said, describing a…

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