- Food Allergy FAQ
Food Allergy FAQOur favorite list of hints, tips and statistics to give to individuals unfamiliar with food allergies. Share this list with your family, friends, school teachers and staff.
- Food Allergy Care Plans
School Care PlansThere are several types of care plans for food allergic individuals in school. Learn more about section 504, individual health care plans, individual education plans and which one might be best for your child to keep him or her safe and included in school.
- School Resource Page
School Resource PageA thorough list and series of links to get you started on learning about food allergies and asthma in school. This list is updated as new information becomes available.
Our Food Allergy Information for Schools Page
This food allergy information for schools page contains the most up to date allergy information, stories and news on food allergy and school issues. Learn more about health care plans and disability laws like section 504 and ADA. Visit this page often for updates. Our most recent food allergy – food intolerances and school related news and posts are featured below.
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Recent Food Allergy Food Intolerances School Articles and News
- Food Allergies and College Forum
From our friends at AAFA-NE:
FOOD ALLERGIES AND COLLEGE:
Planning for Campus Life
A Regional Forum for High School Juniors and Seniors and Their Parents
Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011
7:00 p.m. - Bowles Conference Room 1 (second floor)
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
2014 Washington St. (Route 16)
Newton, MAApplying to college? Have food allergies?
Bring your questions about living on campus with food allergies.
Learn about what to ask and think about when visiting and choosing a college.
Discuss eating on campus, dorm and social life, school health services, and more.
Sponsored by:
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, New England Chapter
FREE - pre-registration is requested: 781-444-7778, aafane@aafane.org
(Please include students’ and parents’ names and telephone numbers.)
- Allergy Home-School
Should Kids with Food Allergies be Home-Schooled?
Massachusetts Allergist Michael Pistiner speaks with Boston Fox News on whether children with food allergies should be home-schooled.
Should kids with severe allergies be home-schooled?: MyFoxBOSTON.com
- Survey Shows Food Allergy Bullying is Common
A new survey published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology seems to indicate that bullying of individuals with food allergies is more common than experts previously thought.
The study reported that out of 353 families surveyed at allergy conferences in the United States; 85 admitted that their food allergic children had been bullied. Most incidents seemed to take place in schools with 82% of the cases caused by other students. A surprising 20% of families reported their child had also been teased by teachers and school staff. Verbal taunts seemed to be the most common form of bullying.
Incidents involving younger food allergic children are often worked out within the school however in 2008, a 19 year old was suspended from school and later convicted of simple assault for smearing peanut butter on a food allergic student.
In the United States, about 4% of children under the age of 18 have some form of a food allergy. This figure has increased dramatically since 1997 with peanut allergy in children rising from .4% in 1997 to 1.4% in 2008.
“The emotional impact is a significant factor here. A child being bullied about anything has a significant emotional impact,” said Dr. Scott H. Sicherer, a professor of pediatrics at the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
“When an adult does something, it’s even a heavier impact.”
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