Can I tell you about Diabetes (Type 1)?: A guide for friends, family and professionals

Meet Debbie - a young girl with diabetes type 1. Debbie invites readers to learn about this type of diabetes from her perspective, describing how it feels to have high and low blood sugar levels. She explains how she can monitor her blood sugar and controls it with medication. Debbie also talks about the challenges of having diabetes and lets readers know how she can be helped and supported.

This illustrated book is ideal for young people aged 7 upwards, as well as parents, friends, teachers and nurses. It is also an excellent starting point for family and classroom discussions.

The 'Can I tell you about'¦?' series offers simple introductions to a range of limiting conditions. Friendly characters invite readers to learn about their experiences of living with a particular condition and how they would like to be helped and supported. These books serve as excellent starting points for family and classroom discussions.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

1. Introducing Debbie who has diabetes.
2. What is it like to have diabetes? Food, blood tests, insulin injections, sport andexercise.
3. Things about having diabetes that make you feel worried and upset.
4. How people treat you.
5. What is type 1 diabetes?.
6. Diabetes medication.
7. Keeping control of diabetes.
8. Low and high blood sugar levels.
9. Diabetes medication at school.
10. Diagnosing diabetes and what you need to learn at the start.
11. Emergency treatment.
12. Diabetes facts and figures.
13. More information about type 1 diabetes.
14. How teachers can help.
15. How parents can help. Recommended reading, websites and organisations.