This blog was launched at the start of Allergy Awareness Week here in Canada. Last week the same was marked south of the border, and this week (May 17th – 23rd) is Food Allergy Awareness Week in Australia. Welcome to my friends at the other end of the world – I’ve noticed visits from Perth last week. :)
As the father of three boys who are allergic to peanuts, I understand the struggle in helping others understand the fears, stresses and alienation that a food allergy can cause, but I’m also thankful for the work that organizations like Anaphylaxis Canada and Anaphylaxis Australia – as well as individuals like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the States – are doing to bring food allergies forward into the public forum.
As you journey through this week, I urge you to find creative – yet gentle – ways to help friends, family and neighbours learn something of what it’s like to live with a food allergy. Encourage them to take up the 24-hour allergen-free challenge, where they must strive to live one day avoiding a potentially fatal allergen in everything they eat.
While we wait for a cause and cure for these allergies we need to bond together for support, encouragement, and understanding. Isn’t that what we all want?
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