Thank you to each and every one of you who helped celebrate Diabetes Hope Foundation’s 25th Anniversary, honouring this year’s 48 stellar scholarship recipients and cheering on our alumni with the Celebration of Hope event. We are grateful to our Board of Directors, Scholarship Committee, colleagues, donors, partners, alumni, families, volunteers and healthcare practitioners for your dedication and commitment to supporting today’s transitioning youth with diabetes.
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The Importance of Self-Advocacy in the Transition to Adult Diabetes Care Transitioning from a pediatric diabetic clinic to an adult diabetic clinic can be a daunting experience. For many T1Ds, this signifies a shift not only in healthcare providers, but also in the...
T1D Technology: Turning Challenges into Opportunities for ChangeI hate the taste of fruit punch. At 3 am, I wake up to a blaring alarm and instinctively reach for the juice box on my nightstand. As I have countless times before, I squeeze the box empty despite the odd...
T1D Community: Diabuddies are the Best Friends! Having Type 1 diabetes as a child took away many choices. It restricted what and when I could eat. If I had a low blood sugar episode, I didn’t choose to miss out on fun activities, it was a matter of safety. I was...
Navigating Relationships During Your Transition The biggest thing about starting university with T1D was just keeping track of my appointments and ordering insulin. There's lots of small things that all that all added up to being a little bit overwhelming at first. In...
Arlene & Rafael's Transition Story: Letting GoThrough our PEP Talks program, we often encounter caregivers who want to learn how to ‘let go’ of their child’s T1D management when they are getting ready to start post-secondary school. The term ‘letting go’ means...
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