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* If you received this article as an e-mail message, click here to jump over to my blog,. That will display the images and allow you to comment or share. Allergic Living magazine is by far the be...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2014/06/what-airlines-and-universities-have-the-best-food-allergy-policies/

With Easter coming up soon, displays of Easter chocolates are popping up everywhere. I was at the Masonville Mall Shoppers Drug Mart this past weekend, and a display of Easter bunnies caught my e...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2014/04/how-to-check-if-easter-chocolate-is-both-peanut-and-nut-free/

Earlier this month the Centre de l’Enfant Aux 4 vents, an Ottawa daycare, came under fire for its strict policy about not allowing outside food to be brought into the Center. Like each of the...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2014/03/praise-for-ottawa-daycare-over-cheese-sandwich-suspension/

I’ve been contemplating the issue of students self carrying asthma reliever puffers and the tragic death of Ryan Gibbons, age 12, from an asthma attack last year at a Thames Valley District Sch...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2013/12/asthma-tragedy-at-school-reveals-flawed-board-policy-ryans-law-proposed/

In May of 2012, we learned that a student at Walt Disney Elementary School in a class of non-verbal special needs students had been exposed to peanuts, his allergen, because the teachers had the...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2013/05/peanut-butter-cover-up-this-gets-ugly/

I had the pleasure of being a guest on Jim Richards’ NEWSTALK1010 radio show yesterday. I was asked to comment on the controversy concerning the request of Donna Giustizia, whose child attends ...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2012/11/newstalk1010-interview-are-acorns-a-risk-if-youre-allergic-to-tree-nuts/

This sample 504 plan was graciously provided to me by a reader. His son is allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, and these are the accommodations that were made for him to attend elementary school s...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2012/09/sample-504-plan-free-to-click-and-print/

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, an...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2012/08/school-bus-safety-precautions-for-students-with-epipens/

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 s...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2012/08/filing-an-ocr-complaint-exercise-your-rights-or-lose-them/

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 paraprofessi...

https://blog.onespotallergy.com/2012/05/shame-on-them-cover-up-revealed-after-special-needs-student-has-allergic-reaction/