Diabetes is one of those things in life about which everyone seems to have an opinion, despite how little they know about it. This is often how your self-advocacy journey with diabetes starts. You tell your coworkers or classmates that you have diabetes, and the reactions range from, “My aunt has diabetes and she does keto” to the all too common, “You don’t look like you have diabetes.” Then some try to be pushy and tell you what you can and can’t eat...

Learn the art of being your own advocate with insights from the Clinical Director at Children with Diabetes, Marissa Town, RN, BSN, CDCES in this article.