This past week I had the pleasure of hearing Max Renke speak at the GIG Educational Conference. Max is a 16 year old gluten survivor (I kind've like how that sounds. He might even agree.). He told his story about how he had suffered from gluten intolerance for many years and how he finally was diagnosed by his fifth or sixth doctor.
Max does an excellent job of conveying his story, but it doesn't stop there. He has been politically active and was responsible for getting the State of New Hampshire to pass a bill declaring May as Celiac Awareness Month.
Max also has his own website,www.thatkidscompany.com. I encourage you to visit it because you will learn a lot more about Max and his ideas. He is quite an impressive young man, and an inspiration to us all.
While we're on the subject of teens, I'd also like to mention a new program run by the Gluten Intolerant Group of North America. It's called TAGS, Teen Advocates for Gluten Sensitivities. For more information about this program please contact GIG at 253-933-6655.
0 comments:
Post a Comment