Care Across Barriers
Close the gap between how allergic disease is treated and how it is lived.
Food allergy and eczema, as they are lived. San Diego.Care Across Barriers equips kids, teens, and the women who care for them with mental health literacy, accurate education, and peer community — so the anxiety, isolation, and self-image injuries of food allergy and eczema are recognized and addressed, not carried alone.
ABOUT
Suryani Gupta
Suryani Gupta is a San Diego-area junior. She started Care Across Barriers because allergic disease is treated as a physical-safety problem and lived as a psychological one.Core conditions: food allergy / anaphylaxis and eczema. Audience: kids and teens 8–18, and women caregivers.Not affiliated with CARE (the humanitarian organization) or any drug manufacturer.This project does not diagnose, treat, or provide therapy. It is not medical advice. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. Severe allergic reaction: adult help + 911. We do not collect health information. Under-13s: a parent should email.
THE PROBLEM29.5% — U.S. kids 0–17 diagnosed allergic condition (2024). CDC/NCHS Data Brief 546.2 in 3 / 3 in 4 — adults with FA / caregivers distress; <1 in 10 screened (UK/Canada). GAPS, Knibb et al., Allergy 2024.37% — youth 10–14 above anxiety cutoff in one clinic sample (n=94). Not national. Ho et al., J Pediatr Psychol 2024.31.5% — food-allergy-specific bullying; parents knew ~half. Shemesh et al., Pediatrics 2013.WHAT WE DOKNOW — Allergy & Mind Toolkit (coming). Free, plain language.ASK — screening card (coming). Navigation, not a diagnosis.BELONG peer community (later).CHANGE — eczema 504 template (flagship draft). CA has no school eczema statute; federal 504 covers skin. Draft for schools — not finished legal PDF.ABOUTSuryani Gupta is a San Diego-area junior. She started Care Across Barriers because allergic disease is treated as a physical-safety problem and lived as a psychological one.Core conditions: food allergy / anaphylaxis and eczema. Audience: kids and teens 8–18, and women caregivers.Not affiliated with CARE (the humanitarian organization) or any drug manufacturer.A NOTE ON SAFETYThis project does not diagnose, treat, or provide therapy. It is not medical advice. If you are in crisis, call or text 988. Severe allergic reaction: adult help + 911. We do not collect health information. Under-13s: a parent should email.