Is this field trip an ADA violation?

[Anonymous]

An elementary school field trip to a peanut butter factory for a peanut-allergic child. Obviously, the child cannot attend this trip for safety reasons. If the kid does not attend, the child will have to sit in the main office during the entire school day (it's a grade-wide field trip).

Has anyone ever been faced with the situation of a field trip featuring the production/consumption of your child's anaphylactic food allergen? What did you do?

[Anonymous]

If I didn't like the school, I'd say my child will be attending class field trips and the school has the responsibility to comply with ADA and figure it out

[Anonymous]

Don’t be that parent.

[Anonymous]

I would WANT to raise a stink about it. But I would know DS would never want me to do it because he would be worried he'd become known as the kid who got that field trip taken away. So in this scenario I'd follow his lead and then go do something special with him after.

[Anonymous]

What to do if your child is excluded from a field trip
Ask for the exclusion and the rationale in writing. If you are told verbally, send an email summarizing your understanding of the situation.
Notify the Special Education Director in writing.

“Dear Director, I have been informed that my child, NAME, is not welcome on the field trip because (REASON GIVEN).

I believe this exclusion is discriminatory and in violation of ADA/504 Act. Please let me know when we can meet to resolve this, as they are looking forward to the learning opportunity with their classmates and should not be excluded based upon disability.”


https://njcommonground.org/advocacy-tips-field-trips-for-students-with-disabilities/

[Anonymous]

No. The ADA only requires reasonable accomodation and there is no way to reasonably accomodate a field trip to a peanutbutter factory for allergic kids.

My kid w autism had to miss a lot of field trips and even his own elementary graduation. It sucked but was not an ADA or IDEA violation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I didn't like the school, I'd say my child will be attending class field trips and the school has the responsibility to comply with ADA and figure it out

you’d send your allergic kid to a peanut butter factory? come on.

[Anonymous]

What school is this?

[Anonymous]

DS wouldn't want me to make it into a big deal because he'd be mortified. Especially if the end result was the trip was cancelled. I would insist on taking him out of school for an excused absence day so I could do something fun with him instead of him being forced to sit in the principal's office all day because the field trip would kill him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. The ADA only requires reasonable accomodation and there is no way to reasonably accomodate a field trip to a peanutbutter factory for allergic kids.

My kid w autism had to miss a lot of field trips and even his own elementary graduation. It sucked but was not an ADA or IDEA violation.

The accommodation is a different field trip

[Anonymous]

With as many allergies to pb you would hope the school would have picked any other factory. Keep your kid home that day. They’ll probably be happier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I didn't like the school, I'd say my child will be attending class field trips and the school has the responsibility to comply with ADA and figure it out

you’d send your allergic kid to a peanut butter factory? come on.

I wouldn't sign any waiver for allergies and I would insist that my child's 504 plan is followed on the trip. It's not responsibility to comply with the ADA, it's the school's

[Anonymous]

Are there definitely no other kids staying back from the field trip (forgot the permission slip, also allergic, not well-behaved, keeps kosher and it's not a certified factory)?

Is it really a full day trip? I love factory tours but they are usually an hour or so.

Those answers would affect what I would do, but I would not let the kid just sit with the principal all day. Could they be a "helper" to the art or gym teacher, or go to another grade's classroom?

[Anonymous]

What a bizarre choice of field trips for the school. Do you live in an area where peanut butter making is a big thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. The ADA only requires reasonable accomodation and there is no way to reasonably accomodate a field trip to a peanutbutter factory for allergic kids.

My kid w autism had to miss a lot of field trips and even his own elementary graduation. It sucked but was not an ADA or IDEA violation.

The accommodation is a different field trip

no it’s not.