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School and Daycare

This year the school district’s special education coordinator says that there has been a new ruling/interpretation about 504 plans, and from now on children with diabetes will not be considered for 504 plans or IDEA protection. Where is she getting this information? Is it true?

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I just had a conference with my child’s kindergarten teacher who said he was delayed in his cognitive thinking, and I’ve read that diabetes affects this. Is this just when glucose levels are not within range or is this long term effect on thought processes?

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My 15 year old daughter, diagnosed three months ago, is on Humulin and Humalog three times a day (not at school), and I was told recently that I needed to leave both medications and syringes at school in case of an emergency. Due to recent current events, I’m thinking that this isn’t a bad idea. What do you recommend?

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My 15 year old daughter, who has had diabetes since age five, just started attending high school. She has been going to her doctor every two weeks because her blood sugars out of control, and her high school is giving her a hard time over being absent so much. There is times when she does not feel good and does not go to school. What are my daughter’s rights with regard to being absent?

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I am a teacher at a small school, and I have a five year old who has just been diagnosed with diabetes. How can I help him and his family and teach the children about his condition?

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My 11 year old daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes four weeks ago and has returned to her small parochial school where she is a sixth grader. Any suggestions as to how to make school a normal every day activity as before her diagnosis?

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My seven year old daughter has diabetes, and her school would not cooperate with me so they threw her out of school and said to take her elsewhere, but I made enough contacts to get her back in. I contacted the civil rights organization and started an investigation. The school superintendent didn’t like it that I got them involved, and, in retaliation, called children’s services for what they call “medical neglect “.

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Our daughter, will be starting school this fall, and we’ve been informed that they won’t provide the care she may need. They transferred our daughters to a different school in our district where there is a nurse full time, but we had them switch them back to our local school. I’ve rearranged my schedule so that I can provide care as needed. Do they have the right to do that to us?

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My six year old son, who has had diabetes since he was 17 months old, can check his own blood sugars and knows when he is feeling good or bad. There are nurses who float to the schools in the district, but there is no nurse at my childs’ school full-time. If there is a nurse at one particular school in the district should he be forced to attend that particular school?

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I would like to know if there are any residual affects for DKA. My son was hospitalized for DKA in the beginning of January. He has fallen way behind in his class work, and his school is refusing to give him time to make up his work. I need to know if there are any affects that could cause him to have problems concentrating or doing school work.

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