Who Are We?
We are a collective of individuals and organizations that offer expertise, resources, and support to those touched by diabetes. We believe that connecting with others living with and caring for diabetes, and providing emotional and anecdotal support, goes hand-in-hand with the support of a healthcare provider. Learn more about Diabetes Advocates.
What Do We Do for the Diabetes Community?
We help people who have diabetes and their loved ones realize that they are not alone. We help the diabetes community by sharing our personal experiences, spreading the word about diabetes news and treatment options, and helping to inspire a dialog between a diabetes patient and their medical team. We accomplish this through diabetes blogs, diabetes social communities, videos, radio shows, books, newsletters, and live events.
In 2011, the Diabetes Advocates collective will reach more than 6,000,000 people touched by diabetes.
Featured Advocate
The Diabetic’s Corner Booth
Mike Hoskins of The Diabetic's Corner Booth Type 1 Diabetes, March 1984 "The Diabetic's Corner Booth is where I tell my own Diabetes story; connecting with an entire community, sharing the Highs, Lows and everything in between." The Diabetic's Corner Booth I'm thirty two years old and have … Learn More...
Diabetes Online Community: It’s Time for HCPs to ‘Click OPEN’ the DOC’s Door
by Hope Warshaw
MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM
PRESENT Diabetes
Contributing Nutrition Editor
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The beginning of a New Year is always a good time to open your eyes and mind to explore new ways to help people with diabetes (PWDs). In this Nutri-Zine, I’ll discuss how we healthcare providers/educators (HCPs) can expose our clients to the exploding Diabetes Online Community, lovingly called, The DOC. Over the last couple of years, I’ve had the honor and pleasure to meet and interact with several key DOC leaders. Suffice to say they are an AWESOME, PASSIONATE and DEDICATED group of people (most of them are people with diabetes or the parent or spouse of a PWD). It has been heartwarming and inspiring for me to observe the web they’ve woven. Read more.
