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Article: Our Neighbors: Berkeley girl uses own food allergy to promote awareness
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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Imagine being in a constant state of red alert, carefully
checking what you eat and what others around you are eating because
failing to do so could mean death. That's the world Arabelle
Schoenberg, 12, and her family live in every day because of her
severe food allergies.
Arabelle, who attends Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in
Berkeley, "found out about her food allergies in an ambulance at age
14 months," noted her mother, Lynn Signorelli.
There have been other trips to the hospital for Arabelle, but
they have decreased because of the careful examination and
preparation steps she and her family takes.
This week Arabelle and 79 children from around the United States
who have severe ...