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| Damaged Angels : A Mother Discovers the Terrible Cost of Alcohol in Pregnancy | 
 enlarge | Author: Bonnie Buxton
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Category: Book
Buy Used: $9.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 666650
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0676976387
EAN: 9780676976380
ASIN: 0676976387
Publication Date: 2004
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Should be required reading for anyone dealing with FAS March 30, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful book which deals with the human side of Fetal Alcohol. I know that I will be reaching for it time and again as a reminder of the REAL problem when dealing with our own damaged angels. It helps put things into perspective when reaching that level of frustration we all encounter with our FAS/FAE kids. Teachers, CPS, Doctors, Birth and Adoptive Parents, Judges - PLEASE read this book before you unwittingly do more harm than what has already been done.
Damaged Angels Best Resource on FASD Since the Broken Cord! March 20, 2004
I pre-ordered my copy of this book as soon as I found out it was to be Put out. I'm not sorry I pre-ordered Bonnie Buxton Writes with Passoion and thought On The subject of FASD and the struggle that her family faced with there daughter colette, This Book is the next best resource on FASD since Micheal Dorris wrote the Broken Cord Back in the 80's. It is also taken form a canadian perspective and finally announces that FASD exists in our country as well and we need to address the issue not hide it under a rug, at all levels of society. This book will help masses of people weather in the field of work with people or personally as a family, or friend of a person with FASD! the book is simple to understand and clearly written!
I would reccomended highly to anyone who deals in FASD issues or might suspect FASD to be an issue in there life.
Helping to mend The Broken Cord................. March 29, 2004
Damaged Angels is an up-to-date review of what we now know about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, which was first named in 1968. It is also a story of one family's struggle to find a life for a very beloved child. At the same time, it tells the story of every family who has struggled to make a future for a child with FAS. Accurate in highly researched detail, broad in the scope of families and situations, recommended by outstanding experts in the field, it bring tears and hope to the families who have read it. You will find yourself referring to it again and again.
Hopefull March 30, 2004
I am raising a daughter with FASD and found Bonnie's book gave me hope for the future. It is full of good, solid information, and touching stories. My heart aches for the children and families so devastated by this nearly invisible disorder. I am grateful to Bonnie, and Collette, for trying so hard to bring attention to this far reaching medical and social issue.
A Must Read for ALL Who Interact with Children! March 31, 2004
"DAMAGED ANGELS" is a book about a subject most people would rather not talk about. Most physicians will ask a patient about their tobacco habits and sex life before they will ask about alcohol intake. Alcohol is legal. Research has given alcohol respectibility as an agent of protection for cardiac disease. So what's the big deal if a pregnant woman drinks? The "big deal" is millions of children born every day in every country of the world with irreversible brain damage and often physical birth defects caused by the intake of alcohol by their birth mothers. Most, if not all, of these children, or "rogue sunflowers" as Bonnie Buxton names them, struggle their whole lives. Some are retarded and have abnormal facial features but many more are intelligent, actually beautiful children that don't fit in, don't quite "get it". Unless diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder early enough in life to receive support services, they go through life thinking they are "stupid" and/or "lazy", the two names most frequently associated with their school performance. They are the children who have chidren, drop out of school, and become involved with the justice system. Bonnie Buxton does an incredible job of integrating the heartbreaking story of her family's struggle with their adopted daughter Colette's FASD with the research information that exists today about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Her book is full of up-to-date information gleaned from many sources and interviews with people on the frontlines of the battle against FASD, the only totally preventable birth defect. "DAMAGED ANGELS" should be mandatory reading for every person who interacts with children; from birth, adoptive & foster parents, educational and social service agency personnel to the medical and criminal justice system members. Bravo to Bonnie for bringing it all together in a great, informative read!!
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