Comments on: New frontiers in disability accommodation: classmate mouth-rinsing

By: Found a Peanut, Found a Peanut….. | Raised On Hoecakes

Found a Peanut, Found a Peanut….. | Raised On Hoecakes — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:34:15 +0000

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By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:06:08 +0000

There’s also the pesky fact that “inhalation-induced analphylaxis” is a fiction; there is only “ingestion-induced analphylaxis.”

http://www.allergysafecommunities.ca/assets/common_beliefs_faan_2003.pdf

By: Smart Dude

Smart Dude — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:42:41 +0000

Educational Munchausen by Proxy (my opinion and my definition):

The parent or caregiver misleads the school authorities exaggerating, fabricating, or induce symptoms of an illness in the child. As a result, the school makes extreme and bizarre accommodations, which cause great distress in staff and other students.

The parent perpetrators feel satisfied by gaining the attention and sympathy of all who come into contact with themserlves and their child. The parents gain satisfaction from being able to deceive individuals that they consider to be more important and powerful than themselves.

By: Gunnutmegger

Gunnutmegger — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:24:25 +0000

I’ll give up my peanut butter sandwich when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:34:28 +0000

“This appears to be a case of Munchausen by Proxy”

How so?

By: Smart Dude

Smart Dude — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:30:53 +0000

This appears to be a case of Munchausen by Proxy, manifesting in an educational setting.

Does every human livng in Volusia County, Florida have to regularly be de-peanut-ified? Do “peanut sniffing dogs” regularly patrol the neigborhood?

Or do this girl’s alleged hyper-allergies only appear in the school setting?

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:57:26 +0000

I do kind of agree with the people in the comments who are asking what she’s doing out in public if her allergies are severe to that degree.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:15:16 +0000

Can one force a child to have a fluid (non-medical) put in his or her mouth on a daily basis as a condition of attending school? Some parents would find this unreasonable for a variety of reasons (opposition to forced intake of a non-medical substance, concerns about harm to their children — who is double checking that the mouthwash is exactly that? — opposition to forced intake of a sugary substance, etc). Just curious.

By: Squirrels

Squirrels — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:12:30 +0000

If the parents care at all about the social development of their child, they’ll find some other solution, such as homeschooling or epi-pens, instead of forcing her classmates to radically alter their behavior. Unfortunately for the girl, there’s no ADA mandate that says she can’t be shunned by the other children (or their parents).

By: E-Bell

E-Bell — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:19:24 +0000

My brother had a severe (life-threatening) peanut allergy as a child. I’ve never heard of one this extreme. Seriously, washing out their mouths?