For many years, the American Diabetes Association has helped families and health care providers manage type 1 diabetes through resources and local programs including ADA’s Diabetes Camps and Family Resource Networks. Now the ADA expands it commitment to these families by weaving all of its programs and resources for type 1 youth under a new umbrella: Planet D – Explore. Discover. Connect. Through Planet D, youth with type 1 diabetes will explore and discover new possibilities about themselves and their diabetes while connecting with other children like them.
The Planet D site provides a completely safe and secure online environment for youth to leverage diabetes management tools, learn about issues affecting people with diabetes, build personal “D-identities” and interact with other youth through a variety of social networking opportunities including message boards, personal sharing and online polls.
The development of the Planet D website was guided by both medical professionals who work closely with children who have type 1 diabetes, as well as a group of teens called the Planet D team. During the coming months, the ADA will announce additional resources for children affected by type 1 diabets and their families that are part of the Planet D initiative. Stay tuned.
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