Posted by: CMdeux
« on: October 21, 2013, 09:16:03 PM »Okay-- usually I don't read comments, but this one jumped out at me-- and moved me to TEARS:
Of course, I'm also crying because.... "Suffolk, UK" seems light years from where I happen to live...
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jaja
suffolk,uk
Over twenty years ago, my son - now 30- had a life-threatening reaction to peanuts in a restaurant where we had checked and re-checked beforehand and during the meal. Terrified, next day, I told the cook in his school that in future I would send his lunch and snacks in each day. Roger the Cook drew himself up to his impressive full height ( and width) and glowered "Don't you think I can feed your son safely?" I quailed. From that day, peanuts and other nuts were off the menu.....and my son was included . And just last month, in that same school, my five year old grandson came home showing us his name in Braille, because, he said with great excitement, a blind boy was joining his class. That's inclusion. Kids take it for granted if the leadership is there from the parents and school.
Of course, I'm also crying because.... "Suffolk, UK" seems light years from where I happen to live...