DIABETES ONLINE COMMUNITY:
A starting list of resources that are worth considering.

Large active community forums:

Children with Diabetes - for parents, Type 1 - www.ChildrenWithDiabetes.com

Glu - access through T1D exchange - www.MyGlu.org

Diabetes Daily - for all types - www.DiabetesDaily.com

TuDiabetes - for all types - www.TuDiabetes.org

EsTuDiabetes - Spanish language community - www.EsTuDiabetes.org

Diabetes Sisters - women with diabetes - www.DiabetesSisters.org

Online E-magazines and News sources:

DiabetesMine at Healthline - www.healthline.com/DiabetesMine - [Great]

diaTribe - www.diaTribe.org - [Great]

A Sweet Life - www.ASweetLife.org

Personal Blogs:

Lorraine Sisto - www.ThisIsCaleb.com - parent of a T1DM son

Kerri Sparling - www.SixUntilMe.com - T1DM adult female opinion leader

Kim Vlasnik - www.TextingMyPancreas.com - T1DM adult female opinion leader

Scott Johnson - www.ScottsDiabetes.com - T1DM adult male opinion leader

Kate Cornell - www.Kates-Sweet-Success.blogspot.com - T2DM adult female

The Type 2 Experience - www.thetype2experience.com - T2DM adults

Advocacy Organizations:

Diabetes Advocates - www.DiabetesAdvocates.org - Diabetes Hands Foundation

Diabetes Community Advocacy Foundation - diabetescaf.org

American Diabetes Association - www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/know-your-rights/discrimination/legal-advocacy-at-the-ada.html

Twitter:

Diabetes Social Media Advocacy - #DSMA

Diabetes Connect - #DCDE

Health Care Social Media - #hcsm

Facebook:

lots, be wary.

Key organizations:

ADA-American Diabetes Association - www.diabetes.org

CDC-Centers for Disease Control - cdc.gov/diabetes

NDEP-National Diabetes Education Program - www.hdep.nih.gov

Type 1 Diabetes Trial Net - www.diabetestrialnet.org/index.htm

CDN-College Diabetes Network - www.collegediabetsnetwork.org

JDRF-Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - www.jdrf.org