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Practical T1D parent stories, device tips, travel, sports, and everyday life.
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T1D Sleepovers and Birthday Parties: What We Tell Other Parents
A practical handoff for sleepovers and parties with type 1: the 5-minute parent script, a bag hosts can…
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Screening for Early Type 1: The Time It Could Give Our Family
A new look at type 1 screening through parent stories shows how spotting autoantibodies early might shift us…
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Celiac Screening for Kids With Type 1 Diabetes: A Parent Filter
Parent filter on celiac screening with T1D: when weird sugars are not celiac, why not to go gluten-free…
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Type 1 Diabetes Family Screening: Why Awareness Still Slips for T1D Parents
Beyond Type 1 Family Factor survey, parent-side: schedule sibling screening questions, DKA literacy for caregivers, and a 30-second…
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T1D 504 Plan Guide: What Parents Need for School
What a Section 504 plan is for type 1 diabetes, how it differs from a DMMP, and a…
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Flying with Type 1: TSA, Pump, and CGM Tips for Parents
How we get through airport security with a pump, CGM, insulin, and juice – what TSA allows and…
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How to Measure Liquid Carbs for Type 1 Diabetes
Stop free-pouring juice and guessing. How we measure liquid carbs for kids with T1D – tools, simple math,…
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T1D Back to School Boxes
A system for stocking the school nurse’s office and your kid’s backpack with T1D supplies, plus the one-page…
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Trick-or-Treating with Type 1 Diabetes
Dinner first, kit on your hip, sort the haul at home. Our night-of playbook for trick-or-treating with T1D.
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Type 1 Halloween: A Parent Plan That Keeps the Fun
Costume season with T1D: prepare early, plan the school day and parties, keep candy un-forbidden, and point the…