Darby Elo was working on a group project with her friends about severe allergies for her Peace & Conflict Studies class at Naperville Central High School.
Several of Elo’s friends in that group had severe allergies themselves. Some even carried epinephrine auto-injectors or EpiPens. In fact, her friend Ella decided it was time to teach her how to use it in case they had an allergic reaction.
Elo says that high school health classes already show students how to do CPR and the Heimlich maneuver—so why not EpiPens too? And what if high school health classes talked about the dangers of allergies?
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