Causes of the disability
Drinking any amount of alcohol can cause problems for an unborn baby. Many times birth defects will not occur unless there is an excessive amount of alcohol consumed, but that does not mean it will not happen with only one drink. Just to be safe, a pregnant woman should not drink any kind of alcohol while she is pregnant. Many cases of FAS go undiagnosed but studies have shown that FAS occurs about once every 1000 births. There are about 40,000 children in the United States being born each year with FAS/FASD.