School Bus Safety Precautions For Students With EpiPens
Jacob is entering grade 5 at a new school this year, and for the first time in his life, he’ll be riding the school bus to school. This is not a small matter for a child with food allergies, and I am in touch with several families who have experienced very serious difficulties with school […]
Filing An OCR Complaint: Exercise Your Rights Or Lose Them.
By Kim Middleton** The most stressful time of year for parents of food allergic children is upon us. If you are on Facebook, you are deluged by back to school articles offering useful advice on sending children with food allergies to school, negotiating a 504 plan, and tips about great allergy friendly products. The food […]
New EpiPen Commercial By Pfizer Canada, Does It Hit The Mark?
Earlier this month, I expressed concern about the EpiPen marketing campaign launched in the US. Both the television commercial and the print ad for that campaign have now been pulled by Mylan Specialty due to the objections of advocates and food allergy organizations. You can read my thoughts about the US EpiPen ad campaign by […]
Misleading And Dangerous EpiPen Ad Campaign Launched By Mylan Specialty Continues
In April of 2012. Mylan Specialty, which markets EpiPens, released a television commercial with the following script which caused great concern within the allergic community. As a result, the commercial was almost immediately discontinued. The script titled “Max’s Birthday” read: Mom: So you’re excited for Max’s birthday party? It should be pretty awesome. Son: […]
Shame On Them! Cover Up Revealed After Special Needs Student Has Allergic Reaction
On April 26, 2012 in a classroom at Walt Disney Elementary School at 5717 South 112th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, the entire special education staff consisting of two teachers and three paraprofessionals was fired. The school administrators would only say that it’s a personnel matter, and that only those in the special education classroom needed to […]
Peanut Allergic Kindergarten Student Left At Curb By School Bus Driver Finds Justice
Imagine this: Your six year old child is starting kindergarten, and it’s his first year in public school. Since he has food allergies and you’re an alert allergy parent, prior to the start of the school year, you meet with the school nurse, the transportation director, and you contacted the bus driver. You advised them […]
Food Allergy Bullying: What Schools Need To Do
We’re all familiar with bullies, but the allergy epidemic has created a brand new target for them: The food allergic child. Food allergies are something that distinguish our children from the rest of the pack, and an astonishing 30% of allergic children report being bullied, teased, or harassed because of their food allergies. Of those bullied, […]
Allergy Legal Expert, Elizabeth Goldenberg, on CBC News
I’m thrilled to report that within one hour of publishing this article on food allergy bullying in schools, I was contacted by Aaron Saltzman, a national reporter for CBC. He felt the topic was of national importance, and we worked together to build a news segment, which aired on Friday January 20, 2012. Please click […]
