FASDAR Reports

FASD case numbers

The FASDAR houses the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU)’s national surveillance of de-identified cases of FASD in children aged less than 15 years in Australia.

FASD cases reported to the APSU

January 2015 to June 2026

June 2026

Data Summary Reports

FASD Notification Summary Tables

FASDAR Biannual Data Summary Reports

FASDAR Publications & Presentations

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Tsang TW, Rosenblatt DH, Parta I, Elliott EJ. Estimating the Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review. 2025 Jun 4. doi.org/10.1111/dar.14082
Tsang TW, Allen T, Turner A, Bowyer J, Fitzpatrick J, Latimer J, Oscar J, Carter M, Elliott EJ. Ophthalmic Findings in Aboriginal Children with High Rates of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: The Lililwan Project. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 2024 Mar 25:1-8. doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2024.2331539
Elliott EJ, Teutsch S, Nunez C, Morris A, Eslick GD. Improving knowledge of rare disorders since 1993: the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2024:archdischild-2023-326116
Tsang TW, Finlay-Jones A, Perry K, Grigg JR, Popova S, Cheung MMY, Bower C, Tam P, Jamieson RV, Elliott EJ. Eye Abnormalities in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2023; 30(4). doi: 10.1080/09286586.2022.2123004
Cheung MMY, Tsang TW, Watkins R, Birman C, Popova S, Elliott EJ. Ear abnormalities among children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of Pediatrics 2022; 242: 113-120.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.11.016

Presentations

Nunez C, Poster presentation: FASD in Australia: Results from 10 years of national surveillance conducted by the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU). 8th European Conference EUFASD, Amiens France, September 2026
Elliott EJ, Invited keynote speaker, FASD: The Australian experience in translating research into awareness and prevention. 2nd Africa FASD Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, May 2026
Elliott EJ, Invited plenary speaker, Australia - From Momentum to Systems Change: What the FASD Respect Act Teaches Us About Building Policy. FASD United 10th International Confernce. Seattle, USA, April 2026.
Elliott EJ, Invited plenary speaker, Global Action on FASD Prevention Research, Policy, and Practice, FASD United 9th International Conference. Seattle, USA, March 2025
Elliott EJ, Invited plenary speaker, Advances in understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in Australia, International Society Biomedical Research on Alcohol (ISBRA) - Asian Pacific Society for Alcohol and Addiction Research (APSAAR) World congress on Alcohol and other addictions, Melbourne 2024
Elliott EJ, Keynote speaker, FASD in Australia: Big Wins and Wicked Challenges. 9th International conference for Adolescents and Adults with FASD. Seattle, April 2024
Elliott E, Tsang TW, APSU Contributors. Clinical profile of children with FASD in Australia, from the APSU dataset. Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes (virtual conference), 2023
Elliott E, Tsang TW, FASDAR Contributors. Prenatal exposure to cannabis and/or nicotine impacts neurodevelopmental outcomes in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD) Scientific Drug and Alcohol Conference 2023, Adelaide, Australia
Cook J, Elliott E, Tsang T. Effects of prenatal exposure to nicotine and/or cannabis on neurodevelopment in school-aged children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Results from Australia and Canada. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Annual Scientific Meeting 2023, Perth, Australia. Awarded “Best Session Prize”.
Elliott E, Zimmet M, Cheung MMY, Tsang TW for the FASDAR Clinical Advisory Group. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Australian Registry (FASDAR): Informing practice & policy. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD) Conference, October 2022, Darwin, Australia. Awarded the “Best Late Breaker Award”.
Cheung MMY. National resource updates – raising awareness of FASD across Australia: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Australian Registry (FASDAR). The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD) Conference, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Special Interest Group Pre-Conference Workshop, 7 November 2021 (virtual).
Elliott EJ & Cheung MMY. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: paediatric research informing policy and practice. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Congress, 18 May 2021 (virtual).

Poster presentations

Cheung MMY, Tsang TW, Watkins R, Birman C, Popova S, Elliott EJ. 326: Ear abnormalities among children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD) Conference, 7–10 November 2021 (virtual).
Cheung MMY, Zimmet M, Elliott EJ. 329: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Australian Registry: paediatric research informing policy and practice. The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol & other Drugs (APSAD) Conference, 7–10 November 2021 (virtual).

Invited talks

Cheung MMY, Elliott EJ, FASDAR National Steering Group. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: paediatric research informing policy and practice. The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy Research Seminars, 9 March 2022, Sydney, Australia.