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Thank you everyone. I did not know about Section 504 and will do some research. My child has had very receptive and accommodating teachers up to this year. However, I can see that for the upcoming grades ahead there are some "old school" teachers that have been very sarcastic to some other students with similar medical situations. I am just trying to think ahead and set the parameters in place that no teacher or school authority will have an opportunity to ridicule or question & then make my child "eat" something unsafe.

I have Celiac myself and remember being a 1st grader 30+ years ago and a teacher ridiculed me and didn't believe me (even though all the appropriate teacher/parent/principle meetings had occurred). It really scarred me and I do not want my child to have to experience that. Like I said, up to now, we have been ok - but I know of some upper grade situations that I want to avoid. Quite frankly, my first idea was to find out if there were any federal acts that would allow me to specify my child to not have certain teachers that I know have historically ridiculed allergy / medical issue children. You would think in this day & age that teachers would be a little more scared of losing their jobs if they do something like that - but there are so many hoops & loops to go through with problem teachers, that I would rather just avoid those problem teachers all together. I just want the best environment for my child to learn to their fullest potential

Is there anything in any of the Disabilities Acts that allows a child an IEP for school? We're experiencing some issues.