It's back to school time and Mike and Cam are happy to be joined by Debbie Simpson. Debbie is an educator who, after her celiac diagnosis, became passionate about helping the education world understand the realities of celiac disease in the classroom. She wrote 2 versions of her book, Adam and Hailey's Gluten Free Surprise, inspiring us to discuss some of the top strategies to keep your child healthy and happy in school.
Part 2: We talk about the frustration and issues that arise when only one parent supports a child on a gluten free diet. Also, a listener's scary symptoms and finally finding the surprising cause of her gluten contamination. Thanks again for all the great contributions to the podcast. Please keep your comments coming!
We love our listeners! You, our devoted fans, have written us some amazing emails and we are sharing some of these today. Part 1: One listener shares how owning chickens can have adverse effects on your celiac disease (and possibly your sanity). Please keep your amazing emails and comments coming! Part 2 next week.
Mike and Cam sit down to talk to Baltimore Gluten Free founder and celiac advocate, Andrea Tucker. We hear Andrea's story and have a discussion about advocating for ourselves and others. Also, with school just around the corner we get into our personal thoughts and experiences with school 504 plans. The Celiac Project and Baltimore Gluten Free want you to have the best information available, so Baltimore Gluten Free has put together a special Celiac Resource sheet for our listeners.
Inspired by an article on DailyMail.com entitled; "'I could have died': Coeliac wonan, 27, is rushed to hospital after a restaurant wrongly told her that her chicken and waffles were gluten-free." Mike and Cam look at some spotty and bad gluten free information on the web. We also talk about some tips of how we handle challenging situations when eating out.