When Safe Food Is No Longer in Your Control: Your Rights in Prisons, Hospitals, and Nursing Homes with Disability Rights Attorney Mary Vargas
Gluten Free Unwrapped por Jenny Finke
Notas del episodio
What happens when you can no longer choose your own food?
In this season finale of Gluten Free Unwrapped, Jenny welcomes back disability rights attorney Mary Vargas to discuss one of the most overlooked topics in the celiac disease community: what rights do you have when someone else is responsible for feeding you safely?
Together, they explore legal protections for people with celiac disease and food allergies in prisons, hospitals, assisted living facilities, and nursing homes.
Mary shares insights from landmark cases involving incarcerated individuals denied medically necessary gluten-free meals and explains what the law does and does not protect when safe food is no longer fully within your control.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- What rights incarcerated individuals have under the ADA and the Constitution ...
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celiac diseasefood allergiesADAmary vargas