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Parent of a child with a disability Reader: Teacher, activity leader, first responder

Make sure the teacher, activity leader or first responder knows your child's allergy protocol, without a panicked phone call

One QR code in the schoolbag, a second one with the teacher, and any adult at school or in after-school care has the allergy protocol on hand. In case of a reaction, there is no longer any need to call the parents to know what to do.

This case is about a child who has both a severe food allergy (anaphylaxis possible) and an autism spectrum condition, whose reactions to a crisis can be atypical.

The moment lived

12.45pm, the school canteen. Your child is seven, allergic to tree nuts and autistic. The substitute canteen worker does not know you. She has just served a dish with a trace of hazelnut in the sauce, despite the PAI (a personalised care plan for a pupil with a health condition, in France) on file.

Fifteen minutes later, your child goes red, scratches their arm, becomes agitated. The supervising assistant has never seen this. He scans the QR code sewn onto the schoolbag. He reads: "Severe tree nut allergy. Auto-injector pen in the front pocket. Inject into the outer thigh, then call emergency services."

The auto-injector is used within the minute. You are alerted. The emergency services arrive. The canteen worker realises, afterwards, that an autism protocol is also needed to calm the child while waiting for help to arrive.

  1. You write it
  2. The QR is in place
  3. The reader scans
  4. Understood, without explaining again

Where to place the QR code for this case

The rule: maximum redundancy, because the PAI at the bottom of a file is not enough in a real emergency.

  • QR label sewn or stuck onto the schoolbag, visible when it is set down.
  • A second laminated card given to the teacher at the start of the year and to the head teacher.
  • A label on the pencil case, on a standard A4 sheet of labels.
  • A card slipped into the after-school care / leisure centre / school trip folder.

The idea: that a substitute, an assistant, a parent helping on a school trip has the information within scanning reach, without searching for the file in the head teacher's office.

Pre-written text templates

Three outlines that combine an emergency allergy protocol with an autism adaptation. Both together, not one OR the other.

For the "About" section

"[First name], [age], is autistic and has a severe allergy to [allergens]. If ingested, a reaction can occur within 10 to 30 minutes: redness, itching, swelling of the lips, difficulty breathing. A PAI (a personalised care plan for a pupil with a health condition, in France) is on file at the school."

For the "How to help" section

"If there is a reaction: inject the auto-injector into the outer thigh, lay the child down with legs raised, call emergency services. Calm them by speaking in a low, quiet voice (autism makes noise and agitation more intense). Alert [parent], [phone]."

For the "What to avoid" section

"What to avoid: waiting to see if it passes, giving them something to drink, ignoring an isolated patch of redness, wrapping them tightly in a blanket (poor sensory tolerance), having several adults step in at the same time while talking loudly."

Conditions covered

Autism is listed here. The allergy is not a disability in the MDPH (the French agency for people with disabilities) sense, but the emergency protocol is described in the profile.

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And where does myHandiQR fit in all this?

Set up your profile for this situation, without having to re-explain it every school year.

You write the essentials once. The grading teacher, the support staff, the substitute scan and understand. You stop repeating yourself.

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