Comedy comes in all stripes: some snoots prefer their noses high in the air when they politely tee-hee at the dry wit of an Oscar Wilde play or a New Yorker cartoon, and other troglodytic goons with chortles as low as their brows guffaw at a Jackass movie or a Dane Cook stand up special. But no matter your taste in comedy, for some reason everyone finds at least one thing viscerally funny: children falling down. Maybe it’s because they’re so close to the ground that they don’t get hurt, or maybe it’s because there’s something innately funny about watching people learn to be people, but, regardless, the niche has inspired entire message boards. However, as kids get older and concussions become more common, the falls lose their comic value. Fortunately, Toronto personal injury lawyers know that the brain injury laws in Ontario help prevent concussions at school.
Ontario’s Laws for Schools
At the beginning of 2015, Ontario instituted a province-wide plan for addressing concussions in schools. The plan, elegantly entitled “Policy/Program Memorandum No. 158 School Board Policies on Concussion of the Ontario Ministry of Education” (or, thankfully, PPM 158 for short), it was instated in response to research showing that approximately a quarter of all concussions in Canada happen to school-aged children.
Features of Brain Injury Laws in Ontario
The brain injury laws in Ontario are straightforward as far as schools are concerned. Recognizing that teachers and coaches are not trained to diagnose concussions, PPM 158 asks that they instead remove children from sports or other activities in the case of a suspected concussion and send those children to be examined by a health care professional.
If your child has been diagnosed with a concussion and his or her school did not follow the brain injury laws in Ontario, contact a Toronto personal injury lawyer for a free consultation as soon as possible.
Source:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health-advisor/canada-should-follow-ontarios-lead-in-student-concussion-management-policy/article21557332/