I just celebrated a decade of living Type 1 diabetes (sadly, there was no cake). I was diagnosed just after I moved to Cape Town from my hometown of…
Category: Diabetes Advocacy
In October, JDRF took the organization’s first step into the burgeoning world of DIY diabetes technology when it announced a new initiative to…
JDRF has announced the launch of a new Type 1 Diabetes Health Insurance Guide to help people living with T1D choose an insurance plan and navigate…
November 14 was World Diabetes Day, and organizations around the world brought attention to the disease in various ways. JDRF in the U.S. highlighted…
Since September of 1986, when I was seven, I have been living with type 1 diabetes. Day one of diabetes is mostly a blur for me, but I remember that…
I’m fairly sure most of you reading this right now have already heard about the Jimmy Kimmel drama (over nothing). Quite frankly, his diabetes joke…
A few days ago, a viral Instagram post began appearing all over my social media threads. It was the same post everywhere, showcasing a recent photo…
To: President Donald Trump
From: “D-Mom” Moira, on behalf of all who live with diabetes
Re: “Her health. No good. Diabetes.”
According to…
Stigma is a strange and unspoken side effect of living with diabetes. People make generalizations about people with diabetes (PWD) and their…
Christel Marchand Aprigliano is not the kind of diabetes advocate who waits for instructions. When she saw the need for a cohesive advocacy program…