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Continue reading →: Disabling world
What’s a topic or issue about which you’ve changed your mind? It isn’t that I have changed my mind about disability necessarily it’s just that I now understand what it means to be disabled a little better. Being diagnosed with type 1 diiabetes quite late in life was hard to…
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Continue reading →: Beautiful industry
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in? I’m not sure whether this is due to my cultural heritage or just me… but I do find myself drawn to traditional crafts and industrial landscapes. Coming from a working class background and born in the…
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Continue reading →: VX-880 offers hope for brighter future
Promising results from Vertex brings further hope of a potential cure for type 1 diabetes. This exciting research investigates how experimental stem therapy might restore insulin production within type 1 diabetics. Latest data using their VX-880 therapy show a significant improvement in participants A1C (time in range), along with a…
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Continue reading →: The amazing axolotl
Meet Dinky – my gorgeous little axolotl from UK toy maker extraordinaire Jellycat. Not only is the axolotl a beautiful sea creature, it is helping pioneering medical research due to its ability to regenerate damaged tissues – truly amazing 💙 Axolotls belong to the classification of animals known as tetrapods,…
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Continue reading →: My future city would be
How would you design the city of the future? Simple… accessible 💙 #disabled #equality #future #city #accessible #fair #abelism
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Continue reading →: Smart way forward
Amazing research funded by Type1 Diabetes Grand Challenge focuses on the development of smart insulins, which could massively improve diabetes management. £2.7 million is to be invested in 6 projects looking at how these novel insulins can react faster and more precisely than current insulins to help improve the lives…
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Continue reading →: A real superhero
Described as a superhero by his parents, DiabetesChat plays homage to Hypo Baby in their latest Podcast (due to be shared on Monday 1st July through the X spaces platform). Now 6, Noah is a fantastic advocate for the diabetic community, working together with many organisations to create awareness and…
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Continue reading →: Swimming with sharks (and sensors)
Whilst watching the amazing Travel Show visiting The Bahamas this morning, imagine my joy when I noticed the presenter, Reece Parkinson, wearing his CGM sensor when frolicking with sharks! Not only does the show highlight the devastating effect that we are having on nature, but it also celebrates the power of…
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Pavlova here
Welcome to Crumbling Pavlova, where we hope to encourage an open and honest sharing of what it means to live with diabetes.
We aim to highlight issues which impact on the diabetic community, in the hope of supporting and giving encouragement to help you to believe that you can live a happy and full life.
