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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]People are going to eat nuts in front of your kid just like proper will eat shellfish or peas in front of others. It's not on the teacher to adjust their diet.[/quote] Actually, it is. Severe allergies are protected under anti-discrimination statutes because they impair a major life activity -- i.e., living. So parents can obtain formal, legal accommodations under Section 504, including a requirement that a classroom be nut or peanut free. It is too bad that people are selfish enough about their need to have a specific food in all venues that such accommodations are required, and that concerns about access to said food apparently outweigh concerns about a kid dying, but there you go.[/quote] I don't think it is an undue burden to require a 504 as proof that the disability is severe enough to restrict the activities of a classroom or school full of other people. [/quote]
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