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Discussion Boards => Schools and Food Allergies => Topic started by: SilverLining on May 01, 2015, 07:30:34 AM

Title: Ryan's Law allows children to carry inhalers
Post by: SilverLining on May 01, 2015, 07:30:34 AM


QuoteOntario has made it illegal for schools to keep inhalers away from kids suffering from asthma with legislation crafted following the death of a 12-year-old boy.

Ryan's Law is named for Ryan Gibbons, who died Oct. 9, 2012, after suffering an asthma attack during recess. His school in Straffordville, southeast of London, did not allow him to keep his puffer with him, despite repeated efforts by his mother and a doctor's note.

Full article: http://www.citynews.ca/2015/04/30/new-ontario-law-requires-schools-to-let-asthmatic-kids-keep-inhalers/ (http://www.citynews.ca/2015/04/30/new-ontario-law-requires-schools-to-let-asthmatic-kids-keep-inhalers/)