I've never thought of myself as disabled. I'm a person with asthma, not an asthmatic. However, there have been times when I wished that I had been afforded some protection, at the least some acknowledgement that allergies and asthma can sometime be disadvantageous.
Like, in the workplace.
I've blogged about allergies in the workplace... Read more
Did you see this
recent story as reported by the
Associated Press:
"Teen accused of planting nuts in lunch of allergic
classmate"
This story is
not the first that I've heard about food allergic children being tormented by bullies, but it is still surprising. Or is it?
There are always schoolyard bullies. Sometimes they... Read more
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