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The dining hall manger told us that “food allergic students should just be worried about their studies when they eat in the dining halls, not their safety.”
I just finished my first year with peanut and milk allergy. I would be happy to talk with you, but I am leaving for Europe tomorrow morning. You are welcome to pm me and I can give you my mom`s email address. She left this board and won`t post, but she would be happy to talk to you by email. There was good and bad, but mostly good. We did have lots of problems initially and I had to file with DOJ, but most of it worked itself out. Most of what people posted on this thread about 504s is not relevant to college. The standard is not FAPE as it is for K - 12. I had a 504 for K - 12, but it was totally useless for college. I did make it through the year reaction free as far as school meals, did not miss out socially, have a ton of friends, and got involved in lots of activities. My friends were very considerate, but the university repeatedly let me know that they found it inconvenient to accomodate me. The organizations I joined had no problem accomodating me at all. The problem was with the school. (UCLA) They seemed to think that because it is so hard to be accepted there, that they could refuse accomodations. PM me with an email address and my mom can fill you in.
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DS's school sure sounds like they're on the ball. I talked to the nutritionist and she said that ds will fill out a card this summer, and then they set up an appt with him. They'll introduce him to the chefs and walk him around the dining hall to show him how it all works. Food with allergens is labeled. I don't actually remember seeing allergen labels (like on the pizza, which obviously contains milk), but they did have a warning in the dessert area. The nutritionist also said that their pesto sauce has no pine nuts and they don't fry the boardwalk fries (which they occasionally serve) in peanut oil.
You can also check ingredients online or in kiosks in the dining hall. You can also order ahead I think to have your meal prepared--something I'm sure ds will never do.
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DS's school sure sounds like they're on the ball. I talked to the nutritionist and she said that ds will fill out a card this summer, and then they set up an appt with him. They'll introduce him to the chefs and walk him around the dining hall to show him how it all works. Food with allergens is labeled. I don't actually remember seeing allergen labels (like on the pizza, which obviously contains milk), but they did have a warning in the dessert area. The nutritionist also said that their pesto sauce has no pine nuts and they don't fry the boardwalk fries (which they occasionally serve) in peanut oil.
You can also check ingredients online or in kiosks in the dining hall. You can also order ahead I think to have your meal prepared--something I'm sure ds will never do.
Bold Mine.
DS's school offers this option, which DS has never, ever even considered doing, which is a shame because he could have had a much more diverse diet if he had been willing to do so.
Bensmom, your DS's school was well known several years back for being a leader in dealing with allergies and celiac. When my friend's son started there in 2006, they were super-accommodating. :)
I assume no restaurant gives us shared lines. And we eat out a lot. I couldn't really see the pictures until I opened them in another window and then. It clearly, but I'm assuming I was seeing Nutella as an ingredient in a "nutfree" dish. Crazy.
I assume colleges will be a lot like restaurants.
We found so much variation in the level of awareness of the schools. UC San Diego is fabulous with food allergies. They want to be the gold standard in the U.S. for how colleges handle food allergies. UCLA, by comparison, still doesn`t realize that margarine, mayonaise, tortillas, and pancake mix are not ingredients, no matter how many times I tell them that. They think if tuna salad lists "tuna, mayonaise, pickle relish, celery, and eggs", that is an ingredient list. It is pretty pathetic that they are so clueless. I end up having to avoid foods that might be safe if only they would provide accurate information.
Our drive is over 6 hours. It will be fine in a cooler.
I'll talk to him about labelled pans and dishes. He gets really annoyed with me when I start speaking allergy. ~)
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Glad to know my child isn't the only one!! :)