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Originally Posted by AGDee
Children on the autism spectrum may react to textures of other foods, leaving few options available.
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Mine has eaten a peanut butter sandwich every single day for years (and years). Fortunately, for us anyway, our schools have not banned peanuts, but I'm open to measures taken to protect other children (my child would probably welcome the opportunity to avoid cafeteria chaos and noise!).
I recall in preschool that a (typical) peer was severely allergic to peanut products, and the other parents were informed not to send class snacks containing peanut products. Still, this must be a little scary for a parent worried about cross-contamination and left wondering about other parents' knowledge of ingredients.
I didn't know that the scent of peanut products could trigger a reaction -- wouldn't this depend on proteins becoming airborne at some threshold? I just didn't realize that this occurred.
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