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College Ready? Here Are Some Tips on How to Communicate About Your Food Allergies!

June 1, 2020  |  Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Civil-rights, Civilrights, College, Dining-Out, Diningout, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, Restaurant, Safety-Tips, School, School-Resources, Support, Tips

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Director of Community Engagement The adventure begins. You, the Class of 2020, made history as you finished your senior year digitally during a global pandemic. Made of grit,

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Getting Ready for College: 5 Things You Can Do Right Now

April 30, 2020  |  Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Civil-Rights, College, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodservice, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Nutrition, Parent, Preparedness, School

by Caroline Moassessi, FAACT’s Director of Community Engagement        You said yes to the school of your dreams. Congratulations! Although these times are filled with uncertainty, one thing remains true: you

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Lost Memories

The Lost Memories of Students in Transition: Where Do We Go from Here?

April 12, 2020  |  8th-Graders, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Children, College, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Graduation, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Parent, Psych, School, Secondary, Self-care, Senior, Support, Teens, Tips

by Emery Gewirtz, M.A., FAACT's Director of Behavioral Health Amidst the coronavirus chaos, there is one forgotten group whose lives were taken out from under them. With little fanfare and no applause, these kids went

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Is Your Child Off to College?

Is Your Child Off to College?

August 14, 2019  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Civil-rights, College, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medications, Patient, School-resources, Self-care, Support, Teens

by Caroline Moassessi College acceptances are complete, and now it is peanut-treenut-milk-egg-wheat-soy-fish-shellfish free and other allergens crunch time! The pedal is about to hit the metal and the last twelve years

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Is Your Child Off to College?

Is Your Child Off to College?

July 3, 2017  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Civil-rights, College, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medications, Patient, School-resources, Self-care, Support, Teens

by Caroline Moassessi College acceptances are complete and now it is peanut-treenut-milk-egg-wheat-soy-fish-shellfish free and other allergens crunch time! The pedal is about to hit the metal and the last twelve years

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College and Food Allergies

College and Food Allergies

July 21, 2015  |  Adolescents, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, College, Education, Food, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodservice, Nutrition, Teens

by Elyse HahneExcitement is in the air as college is in the mind of many high school seniors. The thought of high school almost over is a huge accomplishment and college seems so far away. Being away from parents is

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Grocery Shopping with Food Allergies

Grocery Shopping with Food Allergies

January 20, 2015  |  Adolescents, Adults, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, College, Education, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, School

by Natascia Simone, FAACT Young Adult/College Advisory Council Hello, everyone! I am back at school for my last semester of college! Time truly flies by, especially when I am always planning. Planning what I am going to

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FAACT Initiatives for 2015

FAACT Initiatives for 2015

January 5, 2015  |  Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, College, Dining-out, Education, Faact-teen-conference, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodservice, Patient, School, Support-group, Teen-conference, Welcome

Happy New Year! I am so excited to be starting 2015 with FAACT’s extended leadership team. These talented professionals and dedicated activists will expand our education, communication, and marketing abilities,

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Join Kyle Dine at FAACT's Teen Conference in Chicago, October 24-26th!

Join Kyle Dine at FAACT's Teen Conference in Chicago, October 24-26th!

October 7, 2014  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergy, Awareness, Blog, Chicago, College, Dining-out, Education, Epinephrine, FAACT-Teen-Conference, Food-allergy-blog, KyleDine, Support, Teen-Conference, Teens

Kyle Dine knows food allergies. He is allergic to peanut, tree nuts, egg, and mustard. He turned his life-threatening food allergies into a career in music and education, working to empower youth and pass along the

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Dating with Food Allergies

Dating with Food Allergies

September 16, 2014  |  Adolescents, Adults, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, College, Dating, Dining-out, Education, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodservice, Medications, Restaurant, Support, Teens

By Natascia Simone, FAACT College/Young Adult Council Member How many of you (or your teens) are afraid to talk about food allergies with a person you just started dating? I think almost everyone is raising their hand

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