How hard is it to find daycare services for children with allergies?

[CBC News]

One in five day cares in Charlottetown either refuses or is reluctant to take children with life threatening allergies, a CBC survey has found.
Kim Doyle's son, Nicholas, is highly allergic to peanuts. Eating just a trace can send him into anaphylactic shock, making it difficult to breath and possibly causing his blood pressure to drop so severely his heart stops.
Doyle visited 10 daycares before finding one she said made her feel comfortable.
The first thing Doyle asked potential daycares was, "Do you take children with life-threatening allergies?"
"Some were just, flat out, no we don't," said Doyle.
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Like other parents in a similar situation, Doyle has not made a complaint to the P.E.I. Human Rights Commission. She thinks it's better to lobby to get daycare operators the education they need to keep children like her son Nicholas safe.

Here's a thought....stay home and raise YOUR child YOURSELF.