My name is Amanda and I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of thirteen months. Living with this illness has been extremely challenging. Ever since I was a young girl, I always knew I was different from other children. The points and stares when I would test my blood sugar or take insulin are still embedded in my mind today. For a 5 year old, I didn’t understand why I was different or why I received stares from not only my classmates, but from complete strangers. As I grew older, I often thought about how other children with T1D had to deal with the same things – the stares, laughter, and points. This breaks my heart, because I’m sure little children are probably just as confused as I was about being “different.” Year after year, the wonderful doctors and researchers are trying to find a cure for this disease. A cure would be a dream come true for those of us living with T1D as children. When a cure is found, little children will no longer cry to their mothers about how kids at school laughed at them that day, or test their blood sugar in secret due to embarrassment. A cure would save children from experiencing what I have. A cure would be an absolute miracle.

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