One in Three Kids Face a Future with Diabetes
November 26, 2008 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
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Laila Ali is the spokesperson for the Kiss Diabetes Goodbye campaign, and if you have not participated in this yet, I highly recommend you do so!
Here’s the “Kiss Diabetes Goodbye” message from the ADA:
“During American Diabetes Month this November, help the American Diabetes Association raise $1 million to kiss diabetes goodbye. Fund researchers who are working toward a day without diabetes. Support diabetes education programs in communities across the country. Provide a voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes.”
Click here to donate and show your support!
School in Long Island NY makes right of a poor decision to not admit diabetic students
July 11, 2008 by Kendra James, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Raynor Country Day School in Long Island, New York, USA has settled on a law suit and is now admitting diabetic students.
The Raynor School allegedly denied requests to permit children with diabetes to attend the camp and denied requests for the school to supervise the children in daily monitoring of their diabetes, including personal testing by the children of blood glucose levels and administering insulin to themselves using a personal insulin pump.
Craziness! I honestly can not believe that a school in this day and age would attempt to deny admission based …read more




