Module Resources

Overview

Welcome to the REAL-T Module Resources section! Here you’ll find a bunch of links to videos, articles, support groups, etc. that go along with other content in each module.

We will do our best to update the links in this section regularly, so feel free to let us know if you have any recommendations for resources to add! We can be reached via email at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Here are some great resources to get started with; they cover content across multiple modules:

Beyond Type 1 has an abundance of resources for understanding type 1 diabetes and living life as someone with diabetes.
College Diabetes Network (CDN) offers digital support for newly diagnosed young adults, preparing for college, studying abroad, and many other topics. CDN also has chapters in schools across the country — you can even start a chapter at your school if one doesn’t exist!
Diabetes Strong has resources focusing on health, fitness, and nutrition as well as resources for diabetes products and technology support.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF) has resources and forums addressing common questions and concerns for individuals with type 1 diabetes.
Type 1 Diabetes Exchange is a “community that is accelerating promising research by seeking answers, sharing wisdom and offering support”. Glu, is an extension of this as an online community where individuals with type 1 diabetes can “connect, obtain information, and share data”.
Learning About Diabetes offers a wide range of informational worksheets and tips for living with diabetes, from healthy eating to getting organized with diabetes care.
The Type 1 Diabetes Self-Care Manual comes from the American Diabetes Association and serves as “a complete guide to type 1 diabetes across the lifespan for people with diabetes, parents, and caregivers.”

Healthy Habits & Routines

5 Myths about Habit
In this video, habit expert Wendy Wood helps you understand what can help change a habit and what doesn’t.
5 Things to Know When Leaving the Nest
Considerations for moving out of a parent or guardian’s home.
5 Tips for Navigating a New Job
Tips for interviewing for and accepting a new job.
Diabetes and Your Career
This article highlights your rights as a person with diabetes in the workplace.
How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals
This TED talk by Stephen Duneier focuses on how to make small adjustments to your routines to achieving unthinkable goals.
Mindful Eating Marathon
Psychologist, Susan Albers provides 26.2 tips to eat mindfully.
One Thing All People with Type 1 Diabetes At Disneyland Should Know
This article explains the front of the line pass that an individual can get if treating a low blood glucose requires them to leave a line.
Tips for Relocating with Diabetes
Recommendations for moving with considerations for your diabetes needs.
Work Life Balance
Mental Health America’s tips for the workplace and at home to support a healthy work life balance.
Why an All-Nighter Can be Harmful to Your Health
The National Sleep Foundation’s four ways that an all-nighter can be damaging to one’s short and long term health.

Managing Diabetes

Travel with T1D
Beyond Type 1 Diabetes has a number of resources about what to bring when you travel and what rights you have in places like airports

I Thought I was Over my Body Issues, Until I got Diabetes
Having previously struggled with body image, Bryce Covert writes about how she is processing the ways that her new type 1 diabetes diagnosis affects her relationship with her body.

Driving with Diabetes
American Diabetes Association offers insight into the laws regarding driving with a diabetes diagnosis.

Exercise and Diabetes

Diabetes and CBD
Blog post on the use of CBD oil and its effects on energy in those with diabetes and how to use it if desired.

“Beer and Blood Sugar Effect”
This DiabetesMine, Healthline article — about one man’s experience with how drinking beer affects his blood sugar and how he plans for it.

Diabetes Supplies — these links offer information about where you can save on prescriptions, what technology and devices are available and what features they have Diabetes Forecast Resources for Prescription Savings, Diabetes Forecast Consumer Guide 2019, Diabetes Forecast 2019 Glucose Meters Guide

Diabetes How-tos

Emotions & Well-being

Some apps that are great for mindfulness and meditation are:

Harvard Health Stress Resources
Resources that can help you identify strategies to understand manage your stress.

Diabulimia
We Are Diabetes is an organization primarily devoted to providing support, education and awareness for people with type 1 diabetes who suffer from eating disorders.

“My Chronic Illness Totally Changed How I Think About Mental Health”
Ashley Batz writes about how “living with a chronic illness isn’t just about the daily routine of medication and checkups — it’s about doing the emotional work too.”

American Diabetes Association — The ADA has informational resources about:

From the ADA pages, you can often find links to other helpful articles such as “Eight Tips for Managing Diabetes Distress” with practical tips regarding diabetes burnout and diabetes distress.

The ADA has also recently developed a directory of mental health providers that understand diabetes.

For additional information about Diabetes Burnout, check out the ADA’s website page titled “Diabetes Distress”. For practical tips regarding diabetes burnout and diabetes distress, see “Eight Tips for Managing Diabetes Distress”, by Lawrence Fisher (2006).

People & Places

Brene Brown’s TED Talk

These websites, blogs, videos and social media accounts focus on…

The Mighty
The Mighty believes in the power of stories, the strength of communities and the beauty of the human spirit. They have streams that you can follow to see what people post and share. There is one for type 1 diabetes and another for diabetes generally.

Students With Diabetes
Similar to College Diabetes Network, Students With Diabetes has in person chapters are some of the same and some additional universities! Students with diabetes has a more in person presence than it does an online presence.

Life, Sports, & Diabetes
Olympic torchbearer, Melanie Stephenson writes about her life with a focus on running, nutrition, and fashion.

Test, Guess, and Go
Laddie Lindahl has diabetes for over 40 years and has been blogging for the last 5, documenting many of the common challenges of diabetes with an optimistic and resilient slant.

Everyday Ups and Downs
A humorous take on everyday life with type one diabetes, full of funny analogies.

Six Until Me
Kerri Sparling’s , Six Until Me is a first person account of life with diabetes. Kerri started the blog after getting frustrated by not being able to find any resources that spoke positively about life with diabetes.

Diabetes Mine
Diabetes Mine is a community of individuals with diabetes that covers almost every facet of life with diabetes. They have facts about diabetes, tips for management, interviews and write-ups about celebrities with diabetes, as well as diabetes product reviews and research papers.

A Sweet Life
A Sweet Life was started by a couple, Mike and Jessica, after they were both diagnosed with T1D. Their blog features staples like diabetes-friendly recipes, diet tips, and news. They’ve also got a great sections for college students and young adults.

Twitter Accounts

Instagram Accounts

@adcastillofittype1 (posts captions in Spanish and English)
@beyondtype1
@brokenpancreasmemes
@carbcountingmess
@collegediabetes
@diabetesstrong_ig
@diabeticsdoingthings
@diabeticgirlproblems
@doubletheinsulin
@d1abetesismylife
@insulin_and_tonic
@motivationdiabetes
@nerdscanfight
@thediabeticcactus
@theruralroost
@type1run
@t1dchick

YouTube accounts

Facebook

Accessing Care

AACE Endo Search
The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists’s database search. Can be filtered by zip code and distance.

Covered California
Covered California is the name of the California’s health insurance marketplace. For information enrolling in a health insurance plan through Covered California check out their website and/or following resources: Covered California Brochure, Covered California Coverage Calculator, Covered California Enrollment Guide.

Keys to being an Informed Patient
Provides you with a background about what you can learn from your doctor, your pill bottles, and insurance provider to better understand your health and coverage.

Treating Type 1 Diabetes Without Insurance
Rob Howe documents what it was like to treat his type 1 diabetes for 30 days without any prescription products. This article contains links to additional resources about treating type 1 diabetes when one is uninsured.

When you can’t afford the insulin that you need to survive | How to use the cheap “old-school” insulin
Written in 2015, this Bootcamp for Betics blog post outlines how one can get insulin over the counter along with breaking down trends of increased cost of insulin.

Healthcare Resource Guide
Produced by H.O.P.E., this resource provides a comprehensive list of affordable healthcare options and answers regarding questions you might have, such as “How will I pay for my medical bills if I do not have insurance and I am undocumented?

These websites, blogs, videos and social media accounts focus on how to understand health insurance, how to access care, etc.

ABC’s of Coverage — Health Insurance Coverage 101
The Basics Explained in Two Minutes
Money Coach’s 3 part series on understanding health insurance: