Posted on 09/27/2007 2:22:06 PM PDT by UKrepublican
Boy with nut allergy banned from school because he is a 'health and safety risk'
Like anyone with a nut allergy, George Hall-Lambert had always assumed it was the food that caused the problem – not him.
His new school didn't agree. Concerned that none of the staff was trained to cope if the 11-year-old had an allergic reaction, the headmaster banned him – on health and safety grounds.
George, who was diagnosed with a nut allergy at 18 months, carries an emergency adrenaline injection, known as an EpiPen, and wears a medical tag to alert carers to his condition.
When he began at Howden School in East Yorkshire, his mother informed the comprehensive about the allergy.
A file with medical notes was forwarded from his primary.
If the boy went into severe anaphylactic shock it could render him unconscious and he would need assistance using the EpiPen.
He had been at school for only four days when the head summoned his mother for a meeting.
He told her George must go home as no policies were in place to deal with his condition.
Judith Hall-Lambert, who has three other children, said: "Howden School is saying nobody could take charge of his EpiPen because staff don't know how to use it.
"They won't let him back in school until everything has been sorted out and he is classed as safe.
"If he went back now they say he would be a health and safety risk."
George, who was near the top of his class in his SATs tests, is receiving 15 hours a week tuition at home.
But Mrs Hall-Lambert, 37, of Eastrington, near Goole, added: "George is being discriminated against because he has a nut allergy.
"He is a bright kid and this could set back his education."
She dismissed an offer for him to attend the inclusion unit at the school, as it is predominantly for children with behavioural problems.
"George is well-behaved and there is no reason for him to be in that unit.
"He is entitled to a mainstream education like everyone else," she added.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council said arrangements had been made to send him to school full-time, but his mother had decided not to send him.
"The school is following guidance from the local authority and the Government in ensuring that George can access his entitlement to education in a safe environment."
Head Andrew Williams said staff were working towards an acceptable solution.
"My main concern is to ensure that we meet the health and welfare needs of all students in our care."
yeah...Jimmuh is toxic in so many ways, and now he’s also a danger to people with peanut allergies...who knew?
I think he outta be banned....what do you think? :)
He also doesn't seem all that excited about peanut packets.
I'd watch out for violent people waving syringes packed with peanut oil protein extract though.
That's probably a doggone good idea for folks who are highly sensitive to alpha amylase (or who are diabetic but produce excessive quantities of beta amaylase).
They NEED roasted peanuts you know ~ life and death situation under some conditions.
Those that have perfume allergies might not wholly agree with you.
I understand your childs allergy from the sounds of it is severe. And I am not trying to be facetious here but what happens if his bus driver had peanuts with their breakfast? Or at the mall? Or a ballgame? Or even out on the street?
Will peanuts be banned from everywhere? And what happens when the child grows up and goes to college? Will they too have to ban them?
I am sorry...but the onus on your childs safety is not my 7yr olds obligation to insure. That may sound cold...but thats what life is sometimes. And by the way, she wont eat bologna and we dont eat it home ...did you hear its not healthy?
Obviously, when a child is older and more mature, he will have the judgment to protect himself better than when he is little. That is when it is scary. But what do you care, your child hasn’t developed any severe allergies or disabilities (yet), right?
You say: “That may sound cold...but thats what life is sometimes.”
I say: Yes, you are correct, and I now know I won’t be able to expect any help from you or your ilk in warming it up even a tad.
“This guy says casual contact with peanut butter is not a problem.”
Funny, I must have just imagined my son’s emergency room visit after casual contact with peanuts.
It might be more helpful to educate people. Instead of taking things away, give them knowledge so more would know what to do if your child was somehow away from you.
This thread made me go do some researching. And Ive been reading about peanut allergies today.
In all I have read so far, from sites made for children with allergies to sites like the Mayo Clinic, there has at no time been the recommendation that peanuts be outlawed anywhere. As a matter of fact all of the sites have stated that anyone with an allergy does not have to stop enjoying outdoors, people, restaurants etc., even those with severe forms. What it did recommend was that they have a plan, educate those around them and carry an epipen.
And yes YOU are correct, you wont be able to expect any help from me (I cant speak for my ilk) in allowing more things to be taken away from anyone. It seems to be an extreme reaction to the problem and one that the schools take to avoid litigation.
Warming up a tad? You might have more luck with that. I do afterall today know more about it than I did yesterday.
No, he had no reaction to apple or pear. Slight reaction to birch pollen.
In the far North birch trees grow up to be small shrubs full of cyanide.
LOL
No offense to anyone on the thread but human beings strongly allergic to basic food products are abominations in the sight of the Lord (like identical twins/triplets/etc.) At some point we’re going to have to realize that those so stricken have been targeted by nature for termination and are a drag on our genetic vigor as a species.
no offense.
;P
Sorry if it has been said before, but this is nutty.
Some of us are prepared better for the cold times and others for the warm times.
From the point of view of the Celiac, wheat eaters are freaks who eat poison.
Actually, it is libertarians who would be a drag on the species, but fortunately very few of them are attractive enough to procreate.
Jesus H. Christ!
Can’t they just have her sign a waiver where she promises not to sue when her son dies at school?
What does libertarianism have to do with any of this?
Other than the idea of not shackling every other child in the school because one has serious allergies to everyday food products?
Just that any time there is a chance to be an a** in a thread like this, it is usually the ugly libertarians that step up to the plate. I knew these types in college and after, and except for some drunken liasons with fat chicks, they were very lonely losers.
I’ve chewed on birch and made birch beer and birch tea many times. I’ve never heard of CN being in birch.
Still, birch, like peach pits, apricot pits, and unroasted almonds (and hundreds of other seeds) contains cyanide to a greater or lesser degree.
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