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Natalie has been living with type 1 diabetes since she was six years old and is based in NYC. She loves to travel in order to push herself outside of her comfort zone and has been to all seven continents and 50+ countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic Natalie has been salsa dancing, learning to knit, and writing to connect with others! On a morning in early November I woke up late, rushed to the subway, and couldn't see out of one eye. I thought it was a dirty contact and vowed to replace it later at work. One emergency eye appointment and one panic attack later I was told that my diabetic

Natalie has been living with type 1 diabetes since she was six years old and is based in NYC. She loves to travel in order to push herself outside of her comfort zone and has been to all seven continents and 50+ countries. During the COVID-19 pandemic Natalie has been salsa dancing, learning to knit, and writing to connect with others! On a morning in early November I woke up late, rushed to the subway, and couldn't see out of one eye. I thought it was a dirty contact and vowed to replace it later at work. One emergency eye appointment and one panic attack later I was told that my diabetic

I was a sophomore in college, it was late October of 1967. I discovered I was thirsty all the time and could not sit through a 50-minute lecture at any point in the day. I had to run out to any close-by restroom and empty my bladder. On the way back to the lecture, I always had to stop by a water fountain and get a large drink of water. I headed home for Thanksgiving and shared my health issues with the entire family. My sister pulled out several volumes of our family encyclopedia set and went into her bedroom. About 40 minutes out, she came running into our front room, yelling, “I think I

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 5 years old. I am the only member of my family that has this diagnosis. I was fortunate to have a mother that was a registered nurse and was relentless in educating herself on proper management and advocating for me in a society largely uneducated about the disease. Inspired by my mother, I am inspired to stay up to date with proper blood glucose management, balancing life’s demands, and utilizing the tools that have become available. Health care has progressed tremendously since I was diagnosed, but we still have a long way to go both in terms of fine

Shawn, from Los Angeles, California, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) when he was 14 years old. This is his story.

Just like many kids her age, Bella was eager to attend a summer camp run by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. When her mother, Nina Paladino, initially contacted the camp facility to see if there were any questions about Bella’s diabetes management, she was assured that everything would be handled. To be certain, Nina sent a follow-up email to the facility, explaining what accommodations were necessary to properly care for Bella. Because she wears an insulin pump, Bella does not regularly require injections prior to meals. She does, however, require assistance in the management of her

Just like many kids her age, Bella was eager to attend a summer camp run by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. When her mother, Nina Paladino, initially contacted the camp facility to see if there were any questions about Bella’s diabetes management, she was assured that everything would be handled. To be certain, Nina sent a follow-up email to the facility, explaining what accommodations were necessary to properly care for Bella. Because she wears an insulin pump, Bella does not regularly require injections prior to meals. She does, however, require assistance in the management of her

When I was 11, I became very sick with a flu virus, my mom thought that medicine and rest would help. I kept getting worse, drinking water every second I got, throwing up, barely being able to walk and there was this awful pain going down my entire side starting at my neck. My mom decided that we should go to the walk-in clinic and when we did I was passing out and waking back up, I could barely walk, or talk and the doctor took one look at me and said I needed to go to the ER. So my mom rushed me there, I was barely awake not talking, breathing deeply and when they saw me I was fighting not

Did you know that Congress funds school nutrition programs for about 30 million children across the nation each day? The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP) must regularly be renewed by Congress, and you can help ensure your lawmakers understand the importance of kids getting healthy food at school each day. Since 2010, when Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, the legislation called for new evidence-based nutrition standards for school meals. The NSLP and SBP has provided millions of school meals for children across the United States and

Izzy never planned to become an advocate. In his twenties, he was just trying to survive. Before the blindness, before the speeches, before the long drives across South Dakota to sit in front of lawmakers, he was a chef with burned forearms, tired feet, and a body running on too little sleep and too much determination. He had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a baby, so insulin was as natural to him as breathing. He grew up knowing it kept him alive. It wasn’t optional. It wasn’t something you could stretch or skip. But life in his twenties didn’t follow those rules. He worked in kitchens