That is one of the saddest things I have ever heard. I had a friend that was affected with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) when I was younger. She had been adopted at birth and was a sweet, wonderful, person. She was very socially and intellectually behind though, and as we got older we necessarily grew apart. She did graduate from high school... She is a wonderful person but the potential that she had was reduced by this horrible affliction.