Question from Austin, Texas, USA:

Yesterday at school, my 17 year old son, who has had diabetes since age eight, had a very serious low reaction, and apparently, he pushed two girls to get to their cookies and then hit a boy who tried to stick up for the girls, but my son does not remember any of this. He remembers sitting outside eating the cookies and then going to class. When he got to class the teacher told him he was to go to office, and apparently argued with the teacher prior to leaving the classroom. When he arrived in the office, the vice principal told him what he had done. After a few minutes of discussion, my son convinced the vice principal to go with him to the nurse’s office to prove that his blood sugar was low, and it registered 47 mg/dl [2.6 mmol/L] after eating two cookies.

My dilemma now is the school wants to send him to an off-site campus classroom for the rest of the school year for his actions. They do not want to believe me when I tell them that a person can lose complete control when their blood sugar levels drop so low. Is there any printed information that I can access to prove my point? I have been to the American Diabetes Association site and have printed out some material, but I don’t think it is strong enough to convince school administrators.