A couple have revealed their frustrations after numerous nurseries have rejected a place for their non-verbal child who suffers from severe allergies. Lucy and James Ellis admit to being "angry" and feel like their little boy is seen as an "issue".
Ten nurseries have outright rejected two-year-old Jacob, who has allergies to soya, egg and grass and needs an EpiPen - a device which injects epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis, a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. The parents have been trying to get their child into a nursery over the past 18 months, with difficulties first arising when he was just six-months-old.
In total, 25 nurseries have been contacted by the couple from Oldham to no avail, with the James believing they are being rejected over a lack of EpiPen training. The 34-year-old has offered to organise the training for free, but he said: We’re frustrated and angry. We’re being told essentially that our little boy is an issue – that he’s a burden these places aren’t willing to help with."
