Allergic Living
https://www.allergicliving.com/2015/11/23/food-allergy-meets-the-teenage-brain/
Sydney Harris, a self-assured, 19-year-old college student, wasn’t always so comfortable with her food allergies. When she was diagnosed with severe allergies at the end of eighth grade, she had to “navigate through a whole new world of challenges.”
Allergic Living
https://www.allergicliving.com/2014/10/09/good-enough-mother/
When my child was diagnosed with multiple food allergies nine years ago, I could not have predicted the anxiety, guilt, and self-blame that I would experience as a mother.
The New York Times Motherlode Blog
https://archive.nytimes.com/parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/the-allergen-free-cake-that-wasnt
Nearly one-third of food-allergic children are bullied because of their allergies, according to a study published earlier this year in Pediatrics. Rather than blame the bully, what if we spun the discussion and asked: What does it take to create truly inclusive environments?
CNN.com
https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/14/opinion/hewett-food-allergies-school/index.html
Today on Valentine’s Day, my child and I will sift through the candy received from third-grade classmates and throw most of it away. Although the tradition of trading chocolate and sugared hearts seems harmless, it actually poses a risk to my child and the millions of other American children who suffer from severe food allergies.