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The #dedoc° blog features articles and opinion pieces written by our international network of diabetes advocates: the #dedoc° voices. From scientific conferences to the latest diabetes research and technology, from challenges faced by those living with diabetes to global disparities in healthcare — our #dedoc° voices cover it all.

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Diabetes in school: a fundamental human right
Alyssa Faulkner Alyssa Faulkner

Diabetes in school: a fundamental human right

“When a child lives with diabetes, there are many aspects of life that change,” writes #dedoc° voice Alyssa Faulkner, “and that includes ensuring that their caretakers are equipped with the knowledge to adequately manage their diabetes. When you add in schooling, and the child’s right to an education, things start to get a lot more complex.”

“At ISPAD, Peter Goss shared a couple of cases where children have been let down so much by their schools in terms of care for their type 1 diabetes that they lost their lives. Two devastating case studies, two very preventable deaths in two very different parts of the world.”

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