"I'm new to this, What's a 504?!"

[ajasfolks2]

why am i still seeing this question online
facebook and other places?

After ALL these years??

makes me very discouraged

[YouKnowWho]

Because you don't need a 504, an IHP is more than sufficient!

504's for allergies are a schools dirty little secret.  And frankly, FAS are the southern relatives who put 504's on the front porch like their crazy aunts because it is what we do.  School admins seem to think 504's are those hush hush girls in the 50's and 60's who spent a semester away from school  - you just don't talk about it and it makes the problem go away.

[ajasfolks2]

I'm wearing a "Got 504" t-shirt if we do the FARE walk this fall.

Maybe on the back it should say,

"What's a 504?  ASK ME!"

[twinturbo]

I'll wear it to school. With this tattoo ->

[twinturbo]

FARE newsletter addresses 504 in back to school section. One specific area mentioned moves away from safe treat boxes to food free celebrations for inclusion.

Now that I'm on a machine with an actual keyboard I can edit to add the newsletter reference. Page 8. Check it out.

http://www.foodallergy.org/document.doc?id=235

[maeve]

FARE newsletter addresses 504 in back to school section. One specific area mentioned moves away from safe treat boxes to food free celebrations for inclusion.

Yeah! It's about time.

[CMdeux]

 

Good on 'em.  It's a lovely thing to be promoting genuine inclusion-- not encouraging the child to enable the exclusion of his/her peers.