Adulting With Food Allergies: Navigating Independence After Leaving Home

This book is a guide for young adults living on their own and managing the day-to-day challenges of surviving and thriving with severe food allergies. Living on your own for the first time with the risk of anaphylaxis can create stress and anxiety in environments that others take for granted. Use this book to identify allergy risks in college, work, and social settings and find strategies to manage them. Learn about your legal rights as someone with severe food allergies. Also, practice brainstorming ways to handle common food allergy conflict situations. Specific topics include living with roommates, advocating for yourself with college administrators, socializing at parties and bars, allergies in the employment setting, as well as tips for cooking, cleaning, and grocery shopping.