Insulin in Schools: A Child’s Right

Teacher with studentsWe’re so proud to share Insulin in Schools: A Child’s Right, a film made by DREDF friends Barbara Wright and Jonathan Mahmoud.

As you may know, in 2013 the California Supreme Court ruled that state law permits school personnel to be trained to administer insulin. The Wright family was part of this long–fought battle in the courts that vindicated the rights of students with diabetes to get insulin quickly and without having to wait for a school nurse.

This video is about the history of the case seen from the eyes of Jonathan, a student with diabetes who grew up during the long decade of litigation that so deeply affected his health, his safety, and his education every day that he went to school in Albany, California.

We’re so grateful that Jonathan has told his own story about exactly why insulin in schools matters – and impressed with the video’s powerful message for the estimated 14,000 California
schoolchildren with diabetes and their families.

As a proud collaborator in this work, DREDF is continuing to advance the principles of this case that protect the rights of many people living with other chronic conditions and/or disabilities, including those that are age–related. The question of who can provide what type of service is crucial to the people who need those services, and it is an issue that links a diabetes-related case with the broader disability rights community. We love seeing how members of this next generation of people with disabilities – like Jonathan — are using tools like video advocacy to tell their stories, continuing our community’s tradition of Nothing about us, without us.

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