Advocate for Screening
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patient and show how he would ask to be screened.
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Whether you want to find out more about screening, you're concerned that you or a loved one could be at risk, or you are looking for
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You can connect with other families who want to learn more about screening, risk factors, and new advancements in autoimmune type 1 diabetes that can support you as you get ready to screen.
The type 1 diabetes community has a strong network of patients, families, advocates, healthcare professionals, and organizations that can support you in your journey.
Breakthrough T1D is the leading global research organization funding type 1 diabetes research. Breakthrough T1D’s strength lies in its exclusive focus and singular influence on the worldwide effort to end type 1 diabetes. Its mission is to improve lives today and tomorrow by accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes and its complications.
Beyond Type 1 is a nonprofit organization changing what it means to live with diabetes. By leveraging the power of social media and technology, Beyond Type 1 empowers people to both live well today and support a better tomorrow. Beyond Type 1 also serves the type 1 diabetes community through Beyond Type 2.
The American Diabetes Association is a network of more than half a million volunteers, people living with diabetes and their families, and healthcare professionals all united to improve the lives of people affected by diabetes. Its vision is to create a world where people can live free of diabetes and all of its burdens.
Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD) is a nonprofit organization that provides educational live conferences and engaging digital programs for the diabetes community. TCOYD aims to educate, motivate, and empower people living with diabetes, and those who care for them, to be their own best advocates and become active members of their healthcare teams.
Children with Diabetes® provides education and support to families living with type 1 diabetes through its website and its Friends for Life® conferences. Friends for Life® Orlando, held each July at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, is the largest family-focused diabetes conference in the world, drawing thousands from across the US and many other countries.
ASK is a team of doctors and scientists at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes in the School of Medicine at the University of Colorado who has worked on understanding childhood autoimmune diseases for over 25 years. Their mission with ASK is to bring awareness to the community of the importance of type 1 diabetes and celiac disease—the two most common autoimmune diseases of childhood—and to reduce health risks of delayed diagnosis of these diseases.
The Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes® provides state-of the-art care to children and adults with type 1 diabetes and teaches its patients how to prevent or delay complications. Their research is devoted to finding prevention, cure, and most effective treatment of diabetes and associated disorders.
STOP T1D — Screen TO Prevent Type 1 Diabetes — offers a comprehensive educational program for health care providers (HCPs) in the United States interested in type 1 diabetes screening and monitoring programs. It also has resources for individuals and families interested in T1D screening, clinical trials, and additional information.
Getting Ahead of Type 1 is an informational resource hub created by the Diabetes Leadership Council. It provides information on the importance of screening early for type 1 diabetes and spotlights T1D screening legislative action taking place around the United States. The site also shares resources for patients, caregivers, and providers.
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This content was last reviewed in June 2026