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Safety and Fairness for Children with Diabetes

08/01/2012 Nativegrl77

Dear Carmen:It could be a matter of life or death.When a student with diabetes has an emergency in school, and no one is there to help when they need insulin, time is of the essence to get them the urgent carethey need.Many of the more than 200,000 children with diabetes in this country have no support system in school when they need insulin or face a diabetes emergency. Without good daily care for their diabetes, these children face serious long-term health issues including blindness, heart disease, amputation and even death.

However, some states and school systems claim that only a school nurse can help a child with their diabetes care at school. What happens when a nurse isn’t available to help that child in a severe blood glucose emergency?

Help ensure all children with diabetes are protected at school by signing our pledge to keep them safe.

Not only do some schools fail to provide a medically safe environment in which kids with diabetes can learn … they also reject these same children by telling them that they are not welcome to attend their local school.

That’s why the American Diabetes Association’s Safe at School campaign is dedicated to making sure all students with diabetes have the care they need to learn and be healthy. We are working with parents, health care professionals and school personnel across the country to make sure children with diabetes have the fundamental care they need so they aren’t placed in life threatening situations. And we’re fighting to make sure that these children are being treated fairly and have the same educational opportunities as their classmates.

In fact, we’ve already won victories for children with diabetes in many states. But we’re still fighting in places like California and Pennsylvania where kids are placed at risk each and every day.

Please speak up on behalf of these children by signing the pledge to help make sure children with diabetes have the care they need to keep them safe.

Thanks for all you do,

Larry Hausner
Chief Executive Officer
American Diabetes Association

P.S. Children with diabetes sometimes need help with the insulin they take daily. Your donation today to the American Diabetes Association could help us fight for the diabetes care that these children deserve, as well as fund leading-edge research, education and awareness programs that will improve the lives of millions of people living with diabetes. Help us STOP DIABETES^®. Donate today.

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National Immunization Awareness Month … usa.gov

07/30/2012 Nativegrl77

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and with school just right around the corner, it is a good time to check that your kids are up to date on shots. Young kids have a series of shots required to protect them from measles, polio, chicken pox, and hepatitis, but preteens should have shots for a variety of illnesses, as well.

Check out these immunization resources to learn more about which shots are required for your child and get tips on how to reduce your child’s anxiety about getting shots:

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sign the “MY BOSS IS NOT MY DOCTOR” petition … Al Franken

06/25/2012 Nativegrl77

Al Franken - U.S. Senator, Minnesota

Here’s a handy way to tell the difference between your boss and your doctor: Ask to see a stethoscope (doctors usually have those handy). If the person who’s trying to control your access to health care can’t produce one, that’s your boss — and you shouldn’t let him or her decide what care you can get.

This is pretty simple: Bosses aren’t doctors. And Republicans shouldn’t put them in charge of your health care. No wonder 26,545 people have already signed our “MY BOSS IS NOT MY DOCTOR” petition.

That’s 26,545 people whose bosses are not their doctors, and don’t want their bosses deciding what health care they can and can’t get.

So if you haven’t signed our petition — and your boss is not, in fact, your doctor — don’t wait another minute. Click here, sign now.

Thanks for reading — and remember: If it walks like a boss, talks like a boss, and can’t produce a stethoscope on demand, it isn’t a doctor.

P.S.: It took hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of research to develop the stethoscope test. Okay, no, it didn’t. But a grassroots campaign like this one does cost money. And it would be great if you could chip in a few dollars to help us keep it going.

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Help Close the Pregnancy Loophole …Emily J. Martin, National Women’s Law Center

06/19/2012 Nativegrl77


	Help Close the Pregnancy Loophole



	Tell your Representative to co-sponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to ensure that pregnant women are treated fairly on the job.

	Call (202) 224-3121 today!

Yes it’s true: In 2012, getting pregnant can still cost you your job.
Thanks to a gap opened between discrimination laws and disability laws by court decisions, some employers are refusing to accommodate even simple requests that help workers maintain a healthy pregnancy.
Here are three startling examples of women who, thanks to the pregnancy loophole, were fired for doing what was best for their pregnancies:

A retail sales associate in Salina, Kansas was fired for drinking water while working because it violated store policy.
A nursing home activities director in Valparaiso, Indiana lost her job because she could no longer lift heavy tables, an activity that took up less than 10 minutes of her workday and with which her coworkers routinely volunteered to assist.
A pregnant truck driver in Tennessee was instructed by her obstetrician not to lift more than 20 pounds and sought light duty work. Her employer terminated her, as it made such modifications only to those injured on the job.

Sounds crazy, right? Unfortunately, thousands of pregnant women are forced to choose between losing their jobs (or taking unpaid leave) and endangering their pregnancies, when just a few small workplace accommodations are usually all that’s needed.
To close this egregious pregnancy loophole, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was introduced today in the House of Representatives by Reps. Nadler (D-NY) and a number of his colleagues. To give this bill a solid start, we need as many Representatives to co-sponsor this bill as possible.
Will you take 3 minutes to call your Representative and ask them to co-sponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act? Calling is easy to do.

Call (202) 224-3121.
Tell the operator who answers the phone the name of your Representative. (Not sure? Look it up here.)
Once you are connected to the office of your Representative, tell the staff person who answers:
- Your name, that you are a constituent from (city, state).
- I am calling to ask you to co-sponsor the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. It’s time to close the pregnancy loophole and ensure that pregnant women are treated fairly on the job.
- Thank you.
Hang up and ask your friends or co-workers to make a call as well.

Thank you for your continued support.
Sincerely,

Emily J. Martin Vice President and General Counsel National Women’s Law Center

P.S. Want to learn more? Read the Op-Ed in The New York Times that inspired this bill. And check out a fact sheet on the bill from the National Women’s Law Center.