{"id":2804,"date":"2025-04-12T07:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2025-04-12T07:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:42:31","slug":"asthma-can-be-fatal-remembering-ryan-gibbons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=2804","title":{"rendered":"Asthma can be fatal: Remembering Ryan Gibbons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"201\"><strong data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"201\">Asthma attacks can be life-threatening, and 12-year-old Ryan Gibbons\u2019 tragic death is a heartbreaking reminder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"455\">Ryan loved the outdoors and motorbikes, but in 2012, he suffered a fatal asthma attack at school. His inhaler\u2014confiscated and locked in the office due to school policy\u2014was out of reach when he needed it most. Friends tried to help, but it was too late.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"626\">Despite repeated pleas from his mother and a doctor\u2019s note, Ryan was not allowed to carry his inhaler. His school continued to take away spare ones he brought from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"628\" data-end=\"921\">After his death, Ryan\u2019s mother, Sandra Gibbons, fought to change this. She campaigned for a law to let kids carry inhalers at school. Her efforts led to the passing of <strong data-start=\"796\" data-end=\"821\">Ryan\u2019s Law (Bill 135)<\/strong> in Ontario, which requires schools to allow students access to their inhalers with a doctor\u2019s note.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1080\">Today, while all U.S. states allow students to carry inhalers, enforcement is inconsistent, and some schools still restrict access due to anti-drug policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1227\">Over 10 Americans die from asthma daily\u2014many of these deaths are preventable. Ryan\u2019s story helped save lives, but more awareness is still needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1298\"><strong data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1298\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Share this to remember Ryan and support asthma safety in schools.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asthma attacks can be life-threatening, and 12-year-old Ryan Gibbons\u2019 tragic death is a heartbreaking reminder. Ryan loved the outdoors and motorbikes, but in 2012, he suffered a fatal asthma attack at school. His inhaler\u2014confiscated and locked in the office due to school policy\u2014was out of reach when he needed it most. Friends tried to help,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=2804\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Asthma can be fatal: Remembering Ryan Gibbons&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2805,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions\/2805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}