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Originally Posted by Tatermom Best of luck to you Doetsch!! We see discrimination already and Taylor is only 5. One child care provider would told us that we would have to take Taylor home if she needed a shot b/c it would be an illness. Then she would have to stay home for 24 hours after the shot. She could not get it thru her head that Taylor is insulin DEPENDENT and that diabetes is an auto-immune disease, NOT an illness. Hopefully, the more people know the easier our lives will be!!  |
Good luck to you and Taylor.
I was diagnosed while in HS, I didntt have a Moonlight period and my Insulin needs were very strong. The school district said I could not carry my Meter, Insulin or Syringes on me while on school property. They stated that either I would have to leave them at home and I would be allowed permission to leave or they had to stay with the School Nurse and he would have to adminsiter the shots. It took alot of fighting but I was able to take the case to higher ups in order to get permission to have my supplies with me at all times. The school system is one of the most frustrating. How can someone with DKA or an extreme low have to walk all the way across school campus in order to take care of the needs that associate this disease? Absolutely impossible. I feel for you and Taylor and good luck
