In the last Gluten Free Self Advocacy Tools post we discussed the meaning of self advocacy, and talked about advocating in your personal life, specifically with friends and family, at school, and in medical environments. Another big area for advocacy concerns advocating for food you can eat outside of your household, specifically with grocery stores and restaurants. Read More …
When I introduced Celiac Awareness this Month this year, a big piece of my suggests on how to raise awareness revolved around the aspect of advocating for yourself. In a three piece series I am going to discuss tools that can help you self advocate, but first let’s talk advocacy. As a social worker, advocacy and self-advocacy Read More …
Being gluten free in western society often introduces us to new grains which are foreign to many westerners but not so foreign to others around the world. For me, one of those grains was Quinoa. At first its use confused me, but once I got into the hang of it it quickly became a staple to my Read More …
I stumbled across this article “Envisioning an End to the Gluten-Free Diet?” thanks to Jule’s Gluten Free and truly needed to share as an elaboration to the many articles I’ve reviewed in my weekly Gluten Free New’s Round Ups. The article discusses the current research seeking to ‘cure’, or find ways around, a medically required gluten Read More …
I was recently sent this article from a friend with Gluten Intolerance which discusses the Lesley University and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Agreement. For those not familiar, students sued Lesley University because their required meal plans offered limited options for those with Celiac Disease and food allergies. Through the ADA, the students won the Read More …
Here is another article from my Social Justice Solutions Inc. writings related to food allergies, eating disorders, and the holiday season. The last link in the article is also a piece written by myself for those with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, but the tips are relevant to any food related illness. How do you feel about Read More …
Things are still crazy around here, so I’ve been neglecting my usual schedule. For now, let’s get back to it! Poor and Inconsistent Medical Follow Up Common in Celiac DiseaseThis study looked at the medical follow up treatment taking place for those diagnosed with Celiac Disease and found that only 35% of research subjects received Read More …
The Rudi’s giveaway post got 29 comments total, WOW! As always, I used Random.org to select the winner. The winning comment was comment #19, from Molly! Congratulations Molly! Molly is herself is a blog follower and reader, and also has a blog about running with her family. I wish you the best and hope that Rudi’s sends you Read More …
