Alexandra, Age 8
Diagnosed at 7
Ghana
Alexandra, Age 8
Diagnosed at 7
Ghana
"I don't like having diabetes, because I don't like having the needle on me."
Rachel, Age 8
Diagnosed at 11 months
New Zealand
Seth, Age 14
Diagnosed at 7
California
Emma, Age 5
Diagnosed at 9 months
Texas
"I don't say that I'll have diabetes forever. I always say, I'll only have diabetes until I'm cured."
What does it mean to be a child or baby living with type 1 diabetes?
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Ian, Age 5
Diagnosed at 2
Luxembourg
"Having a cure for diabetes would take a lot of stress out of my life, and it would prevent younger kids from ever having to deal with it in the first place."
“It's really sad that babies have to get diabetes too. I wish they didn't have to.”
"If all the kids in the whole world had diabetes, that would be
terrible."
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