Then again, our attorney handles our legal needs leaving our physicians to handle medical needs.
I was of course joking, though with a bit of an eye roll. Though, does that mean Mt. Sinai disagrees with one of their allergists?
But, in a past life we dealt with people who would take a statement like the one that was made about putting a peanut in someone's hand to show they wouldn't die, and have it used as a way to dismiss accommodations for my PA/TNA child.
Having a doctor that would be willing to state openly some things, especially one cited as an expert, is reckless especially if they actually know what a 504 is, and why many families are driven to get them.
And, just in general, many families don't have lawyers when they are sitting in school meetings. They are left to face trying to refute something like his statement by themselves. You are very lucky if you had a lawyer with you.
Many of our children don't get treated as individuals in the 504 process, like they are as patients with a doctor, and anything that can be used stated by a doctor to brush all food allergic children similarly in order to deny accommodations typically is par for the course.
But..... I'm digressing from the topic of the thread. Sorry.
Just as our allergists have changed over time, their roles have changed. What we needed from a doctor when we went with an 11 month old for the first time approximately 16 years ago, dealing with a newly discovered peanut allergy, is completely different than what our children need now. Frankly, allergists don't know that much more now than they did then. Our children primarily go now for periodic testing, and, when warranted, a food challenge.