By
AmyT on
January 25, 2013
These days, it seems like scholarships, internships and diabetes-focused jobs and careers are much more visible than they used to be for young adults living with diabetes.
A news story that caught our eye recently involved a Southern attorney and fellow type 1, Byron David, who’s stepping up to help the younger generations of PWDs (people with diabetes) further their education. We’re grateful to have PWDs “paying it forward” like this, working with existing D-scholarship…
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By
MikeH on
October 23, 2012
Are you a person with diabetes who has a BFF also living with diabetes?
(BFF = “Best friends forever,” for those who didn’t grow up with texting vernacular.)
And do the two of you want to share blood sugars, and other highs and lows of living with diabetes?
Well, now there’s an app for that. It’s called “Diabesties,” as in best friends with diabetes, and it’s a new creation from the College Diabetes Network (CDN),…
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By
MikeH on
August 1, 2012
Our Diabetes Community is getting a bolus designed to strengthen our advocacy, education and support for people with diabetes across the United States.
Today, the Diabetes Hands Foundation (DHF) announced the nine winners of its inaugural Seeds Grant Program, a project funding initiative that we introduced you to back in March as a means to foster brilliant ideas in the community and strengthen projects already underway to improve the lives of people with diabetes (PWDs).
Nine…
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Five years ago today, I packed my bags, kissed my mother good-bye, and bid a fond farewell to my life as an Oregonian. I had never lived outside of that state, and in the years since moving to the East Coast many people have asked, “Weren’t you scared?!”
Honestly, no. Mostly because I had no idea what I was supposed to be scared of. I had a job, although no car and no place to…
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By
AmyT on
December 2, 2010
Recently we talked about help for teens with diabetes; today we’re moving on to the college years. Coping with diabetes while dealing with the rigors of college life might sound impossible (it does to me, anyway!), but we know that many people muddle through. Fortunately, two new organizations have recently launched to reduce the “muddling,” and proactively help college kids deal with the precarious balancing act of managing diabetes while managing their school schedule and…
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