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This webinar, originally presented to Princeton University students and faculty, examines the critical and often overlooked connection between Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the school-to-prison pipeline.

FASD is an invisible, lifelong neurodevelopmental disability that can significantly impact memory, impulse control, emotional regulation, communication, judgment, and cause-and-effect reasoning. Too often, these disability-related challenges are misread as defiance, disruption, or willful misconduct within schools, courts, and community systems.

Through a disability-informed and justice-focused lens, this session explores how misidentification, exclusionary discipline, systemic inequities, and lack of appropriate supports can push vulnerable youth out of classrooms and into the justice system.

Participants will:
- Examine how FASD affects learning, behavior, and decision-making
- Explore how school discipline practices can criminalize disability-related behaviors
- Analyze real-world scenarios illustrating the consequences of missed identification
- Identify practical strategies for early screening, supportive intervention, policy reform, and cross-system collaboration

This presentation is a part of Criminal Justice Advocacy Program (CJAP)'s Equal Justice Talks Webinar Series.