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Social Issues: School and Daycare

My 10 year old, who is in the fifth grade, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and vitiligo. She was at a school where she was a person who happened to have a diabetes to a school where she is diabetes and not a person. What can be done to protect my daughter from being physically and psychologically harassed over a condition that she has no control over?

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If the parent of a pre-school child requests to be included in the school lunch program, what are legal ramifications if the school does not honor that request? I am a part-time school nurse in a Catholic grammar school and our lunch is provided for low-income families.

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We had a local child who almost died a few weeks ago at school. The school personnel assumed she was asleep when she really was unconscious due to a diabetic seizure. Now, the school district wants all parents of diabetic children to sign a contract.

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My son is 13 years old and was diagnosed 3 years ago. He attends a private school. This last fall he was to go on a trip that would last 5 days and 4 nights. I was told that I couldn’t go with the class, but the school finally gave me permission.

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My nine year old child has diabetes. We live about 0.8 miles from the school, and, this year, he will not have bus transportation. In the past, he has forgotten snack before leaving school and had low’s on the bus. I am worried. Do I have the right to request special accommodation for transportation?

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Our son was diagnosed last year at age seven with type 1 diabetes. he has had very good HbA1c results, but he is having difficulty concentrating at school. He is now in second grade, and his reading is at the beginner level. Could his learning disabilities be connected to diabetes?

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My 13 year old daughter is diabetic since the age of 4 and participates in sports at her school (volleyball, basketball, track and cheerleading). She has been asked to remove her medical necklace and not to wear the chain around her neck.

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My daughter is in Kindergarten and needs easy snacks that will travel to school.

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I am the mother of an almost seven year old girl, diagnosed this summer. I read about the push to have school personnel trained to give glucagon. Why fight for this? It seems much better to fight for full time school nurses. I don’t want teachers to dread having my daughter in class because of her diabetes.

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Our nine year old son has had diabetes for two years. I know diabetes does not cause a learning disability, but thought I read somewhere that boys with diabetes tend to be slower in school, or words to this effect. Is this true?

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