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In reply to the discussion: Mom Demands School Go Peanut-Free For Allergic Child [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)What happens when the janitor stops by for a few egg McMuffins on the way to work, and some of the flour residue from the buns lands on his clothing, and perhaps falls on this kid's desk?
Anyone who is sensitive to peanut DUST needs to go for desensitization therapy, covered by insurance. If it doesn't work (and it does work in at least two thirds of cases--and this is a new therapy, too) , the school should pay for distance learning or tuition at a school that accommodates children with these issues.
Other children with CP and Tourette's don't require people to modify their own behavior before and while they are in school, or require parents to be reading ingredient lists before they whip up those Jiffy mix brownies or what-have-you. I don't think a child with a speech or crippling disability is the same as a kid potentially killing someone because you ate granny's biscuits at home for breakfast, some of the biscuit flour landed on your coat, and the biscuit mix had some peanut traces in it and your little classmate inhaled.
Technically, everyone should be wearing freshly washed clothes, put on OUTSIDE the home where peanuts are eaten, have brushed their teeth vigorously before entering the school, and not travelled in a vehicle where peanuts ever travelled--that's what it would take to "protect" someone with a peanut "dust" allergy.