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Stephen Habbe is the Director of State Government Affairs covering states in the Northeast including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Prior to joining the ADA, Stephen worked in the Massachusetts Senate where he had the opportunity to collaborate with the ADA on legislation aimed at improving health insurance coverage for people with diabetes. Stephen says, “working with ADA’s wonderful volunteers to pass laws in support of people with, and at risk for, diabetes, has been immensely rewarding.” Outside of

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13, and my two siblings and mother have type 1 diabetes as well. Growing up, there were always things that I was told I couldn’t or shouldn’t be able to do. I wanted to join the military but knew that was out of the question. I still wanted to serve my community like both my mother and father had done. My mother was in the US Army when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, so I had grown up around the disease. My mother had told me I could still do many of the same things other kids could, just differently. My father had been a volunteer

I’m Eileen and I was a 7-year-old type 1 diabetic when I was diagnosed in the early 1960s. No pumps, no A1Cs, used glass syringes to inject insulin—I was my pediatrician’s first diabetic patient he ever treated. My mom learned everything regarding food and food exchanges and taught me everything she knew. I am forever grateful to her. I too went to Camp NYDA in upstate NY and from the great experiences I had there, I knew I would become a RN. I learned to stand up for myself as prejudice sometimes showed its ugly face. There have been numerous ups and downs with diabetes during the years but I

Nicolene knows all too well how diabetes can impact vision. This is her story.

My diabetes journey has been a long and winding road. I was diagnosed in my second year of college, 18 months after my first abnormal glucose test 56 years ago. T1D at that time was most commonly diagnosed in middle childhood, not at 19. So I was put on oral agents with the endocrinologist thinking it was T2. In the next week, I lost an additional 28 pounds, so at 5’7” I looked skeletal at 95 pounds. I told the endocrinologist, “I think I need insulin,” and he replied that he never heard anyone ask for insulin before. I said "I don't have a death wish." It seems I may have had LADA (latent

All of the signs were there: excessive thirst, rapid weight loss, and a bone-deep exhaustion that couldn't be explained. At the same time, however, I was newly married, living in a new city, and focused on wrapping up my senior year of college. Like many twenty-somethings, I didn't have great health insurance. Eventually, I was spending more time asleep than awake. I felt like a shell of myself—and at less than 100 pounds, I didn't look like myself anymore. While my symptoms grew increasingly harder to ignore, I resisted the expensive doctor's visit until it was almost too late. After months

Listen, friends, I’m here to tell you that living with type 1 diabetes is very manageable, but it takes perseverance. Hourly and daily perseverance. It’s not always a smooth road to navigate and even while managing it well, it’s more of a freshly paved road with areas of various sized speed bumps along the way. I live an extremely normal and healthy life and diabetes is just a part of it. I was diagnosed at age 7. That same year, I experienced death for the first time. I lost my great grandma and my friend/classmate all in that same 12-month time period. Yep, this was in second grade. While

In the United States, millions of seniors ages 60 and older face a mix set of challenges on a regular basis when trying to secure and prepare nutritious food, which may include food insecurity. Seniors who are food insecure may lack opportunity to accessing food, reduced quality and variety in their diet, and disrupted food intake, all of which can cause and exacerbate mental and physical health issues. Feeding America ®, a nationwide hunger-relief organization with a network of 200 food banks around the country, works to deeply understand the issue of food insecurity among seniors and partner

Type 1 diabetes approached my life at the age of 10 and it hasn't gotten easier. To take care of diabetes requires a lot of responsibility, anything can go wrong if you don't take care of yourself. I have been to the hospital a bunch of times, but that didn't stop me from taking care of myself and continuing to build myself up. Yes, the outcomes can be scary sometimes, but that doesn't mean you have to fear it. I didn't have time to sit and cry about it, I had to learn and adapt. And because of that, I became the man I am today. I use my diabetes as motivation because there was a time where I

Take a closer look at diabetes statistics by state.