Whitehorse child with Type 1 diabetes gets educational assistant, but mom frustrated by effort it took [Video]

A Whitehorse mother says she’s relieved after her five-year-old with Type 1 diabetes was provided an educational assistant to help the child with her health needs at school.

However, Jaime Trainor is still pushing for the Yukon education department to adopt a policy that would guarantee all children with the disease get the support they need  — without their parents having to advocate for it. 

“I’m just taking it day by day and just counting my lucky stars that we did get this… [but] this shouldn’t be a fight that families have to do,” Trainor said in an interview this month. 

Trainor’s daughter, Sadie Raye, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes as a baby and requires careful monitoring and adjusting of her blood sugar and insulin levels, which can include measuring her food down to the gram and manually giving her medication injections. Miscalculations could result in medical emergencies or …