I never expected to defend eating a protein bar mid-flight, but on a trip from Chicago to Seattle, I had to\u2014because of entitled parents who prioritized <\/p>\n
their child\u2019s \u201csensory sensitivities\u201d over my health. I\u2019ve had type 1 diabetes since I was twelve, and when my blood sugar drops, I need to act fast.<\/p>\n
As the plane taxied, I felt the crash coming\u2014sweaty, shaky, lightheaded. Quietly, I unwrapped a protein bar. That\u2019s when the parents<\/p>\n
beside me asked me not to eat, fearing the smell would upset their son. Against my better judgment, I agreed to wait for the snack cart.<\/p>\n
By the time it arrived, I was struggling. But when the parents asked the flight attendant to skip our row, I\u2019d had enough. I spoke up<\/p>\n
clearly: \u201cI have diabetes. I have to eat now, or I could pass out.\u201d The flight attendant immediately helped, and nearby passengers supported me.<\/p>\n
That moment reminded me: standing up for your health isn\u2019t rude\u2014it\u2019s essential. Just because an illness isn\u2019t visible doesn\u2019t<\/p>\n
make it less real. My medical safety mattered, and I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t stay silent. At 30,000 feet, clarity matters\u2014and so does self-advocacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I never expected to defend eating a protein bar mid-flight, but on a trip from Chicago to Seattle, I had to\u2014because of entitled parents who prioritized their child\u2019s \u201csensory sensitivities\u201d over my health. I\u2019ve had type 1 diabetes since I was twelve, and when my blood sugar drops, I need to act fast. As the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33064,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33062\/revisions\/33064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topnewsin34.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}