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Emergency Strikes

If Emergency Strikes, Will You Be Prepared?

April 3, 2019  |  Action-Plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Education, Emergency, Epinephrine, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Parent, Patient, Preparedness, Readlabels, Safety-Tips, Support, Tips

We stared at the TV watching the ominous red blob inch closer and closer to our area. There was no doubt a major storm was headed our way. The weatherman encouraged everyone to take cover and prepare for a long evening

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Stacey-Blog

Increasing Allergy Safety while Enjoying Allergy-Friendly Sweets this Holiday Season

November 29, 2018  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Allergy-FreeRecipes, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Baking, Blog, Candy, Catered-events, Children, Christmas, Dining-Out, Education, Epinephrine, Family, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-Tips, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Readlabels, Recipes, Safety-Tips, Support, Traditions, Travel, Traveling, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Publications Manager The holidays are made for celebrating, and this usually includes lots of food and fun! Here are some of FAACT’s reminders and tips, as you prepare for the holiday

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Back-To-School Blog

The Food Allergy Parent’s #1 Back-to-School Tool: Educate, Educate, Educate!

August 30, 2018  |  Action-Plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Back-To-School, Blog, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, Elementary, Family, Field-Trips, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, FoodService, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Nurse, Safety-Tips, School, School-Lunch, School-Nurse, School-Resources

by Alison Grace JohansenIf you’re a food allergy parent like me, you’re undoubtedly in full back-to-school preparation mode. You’ve probably been planning for quite a while now. Whether we’ve

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Why Should Your Child Wear Medical ID?

Why Should Your Child Wear Medical ID?

July 2, 2018  |  Action-Plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Awareness, Blog, Education, epinephrine, Food-Allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, ID, Know-The-FAACTs, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, medication, Patient, Self-Care, summer, Support, Support-group, Teens, Tips, vacation

Does your food allergic child wear a medical ID? Here is the importance and positives of why they should. We have our emergency action plan, a trusted allergist, and always carry two epinephrine auto injectors. All

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Navigating the Emotional Seas of Food Allergies: One Parent’s Journey Towards Resilience

Navigating the Emotional Seas of Food Allergies: One Parent’s Journey Towards Resilience

June 18, 2018  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Children, Civil-rights, Civilrights, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Label, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medical-id, Medications, Patient, Psych, Readlabels, Recipes, School, School-resources, Self-care, Support, Support-group, Tips, Travel, Traveling

by Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC As a parent, there are days that are etched in your mind forever. The day your children were born. Their first words. Their first steps. Their first days of school. But when you’re the

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Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies at School

Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies at School

January 9, 2018  |  Action-plan, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Civil-rights, Elementary, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medical-id, Medications, School, School-nurse, School-resources, Secondary, Support

by Lisa Musician, RD How can parents best partner with a school to insure their child’s food allergies are managed safely and successfully? For anyone sending a child off to school, it can be exciting,

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Risk-Taking and Teens with Food Allergies

Risk-Taking and Teens with Food Allergies

September 6, 2017  |  Action-plan, Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Back-to-school, Behavior, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Civil-rights, Education, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medical-id, Medication, Medications, Patient, Readlabels, Research, Risk, Risk-taking, Self-care, Support, Teens

by Tiffany deSilva, MSW, LSW When you were a teenager, did your mother ever ask you the age-old question, “If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump, too?” If adolescents answered this

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Why Should Your Child Wear A Medical ID?

Why Should Your Child Wear A Medical ID?

July 19, 2017  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Education, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, ID, Know-the-faacts, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Patient, Self-care, Support, Support-group, Teens, Tips

Does your food allergic child wear a medical ID? Here is the importance and positives of why they should. We have our emergency action plan, a trusted allergist, and always carry two epinephrine auto injectors. All

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