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Colliding with a new reality – the hazards of low vision

08/10/2024 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

My cousin Des and his wife, Sonja live up a mountain in the glorious north west of Ireland. Here they are on Mullaghmore Beach a few weeks ago with Paige, Des' guide dog, Teddy the rescue sheep dog (who has also also his sight) and Paddy the Yorky. Not present are Buster the …

Category: Eyesight / loss of sight, Inherited Retinal Dystrophy, Late onset retinal degeneration, Retinal deteriorationTag: accessability, eyesight loss, Guide dogs, imherited retinal conditions, Labrador guide dogs, Late onset retinal degeneration, Mullaghmore, partial sight loss, Retinal deterioration, retinitis pigmentosa, screen readers, sight loss

Call for adult allergy sufferers

29/07/2024 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Dr Rebecca Knibb and her team at Aston University are looking for participants for their survey designed to understand the quality of life, anxiety and self efficacy of adults with food allergy. Understanding the role that self efficacy has in food allergy management will help …

Category: Allergies, Dairy-free, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Gluten-free, Peanut allergyTag: Aston University, Dr Rebecca Knibb, Food allergy, food allergyin adults, managing food allergy in adults, self efficacy interventions in food allergy

The vegan/allergy labelling issue

02/02/2024 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  4 Comments

Image courtesy of Hooley & Brown In theory the huge growth in the number of vegan products on the market should be a massive bonus for those with milk or egg allergies. But - because so many of them come with PAL/May Contain warnings for milk and egg, it has also been a …

Category: Allergies, Big Business, Food, Food/Health Policy, VeganTag: 'may contain' warnings, Chartered Trading Standards Institute, freefrom animal products, Jess Merrifield, PAL, precautionary allergen labelling, risks of vegan food for milk and egg allergics, Trading Standards, vegan, vegan food, VITAL Allergen Bureau, VITAL allergy programme

A gluten free Christmas just could be delicious – not a penance!

19/12/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

Oh dear... It seems that Vanessa Feltz has been fanning the flames of fury already ignited in the allergic and Coeliac community by Rachel Johnson last week. On Monday's This Morning she complained about the inconvenience of accommodating a Coeliac at the Christmas table and, by …

Category: Allergies, Coeliac/celiac disease, FreeFrom Awards, FreeFrom Food, Peanut allergyTag: Alex Gazzola, Alex Gazzola at Allergy Insight, Coeliac UK, FreeFrom Food Awards, gluten free food is delicious, Judging for the FreeFrom Food Awards, Rachel Johnson, Vanessa Feltz, Vanessa Feltz gluten free, Vanessa Feltz This Morning

A food fad won’t kill you – an allergy will

16/12/2023 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  8 Comments

There has been a predictable outcry in the allergy world this week's in response to Rachel Johnson's piece in Thursday's Evening Standard on 'dietary requirements' and food fads. Being charitable, I am assuming that she has never suffered from or lived with someone with a food …

Category: Allergies, Food, Food/Health Policy, FreeFrom Food, Peanut allergyTag: 1 in every 50 school children has a peanut allergy, allergen contamination, Allergy, allergy a complicated subjecy, asking about food allergies, degenerative conditions making eating difficult, dietary preferences, Evening standard, food fads, Managing allergies at work, Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, Owen Carey, Owen Carey and Byron Burgers, Owen Carey dies from anaphylactic shockl, PAL, peanuts on airplanes, precautionary allergen labelling, Rachel Johnson, Ready2React campaign, responsibility for managing food allergies, VITAL Allergen Bureau

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