Stories from Foster Care – Scott and Tristan Casson-Rennie
In this episode of Stories from Foster Care, Andrew Murphy talks to Scott and Tristan Casson-Rennie about their adoption and fostering journeys as a same-sex couple. The conversation then focuses on their passion, as founders of FASD Ireland, to bring awareness about the effects of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to all areas of Irish society.
FASD results when prenatal alcohol exposure occurs, by either parent, and affects the developing foetus’ brain and body. Tristan shares information on the nature and prevalence of this brain condition which will be valuable for anyone caring for a child with FASD, or for carers or parents who suspect that their child may have the condition.
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The conference heard stark warnings that Ireland’s entrenched relationship with alcohol
