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Ideas Department Get family and friends involved!! Let the Canadian mint know that we do need this level of awareness and that Diabetes is a serious disease that deserves serious recognition!!!
School Initiatives: Going to school is a stressful time. Going to school after a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes can be overwhelming. At Diabetes Advocacy we have created a section where parents can come together and share strategies to create real change in their school, in their school district, and in their Ministry of Education. We invite you to join us. Our goal is the see a policy known as An Individual Medical Care Plan for Children with Life Threatening Illnesses become a standard of care for our children throughout Canada. This will take time. This country is huge and its education system diverse. We are asking you to help us create change. Find a principal who is on your side. Find a school board trustee who is willing to bring this notion forward. Contact your Minister of Education and demand change. Together we can make this happen. Diabetes Advocacy will be with you every step of the way. The more voices we have, the stronger we will be. If you have a support group, get them involved! Family? have them write letters! Let us know what you are doing and we will help you with details, policy outlines and more. Contact us to have your area added and to let us know what you are doing. Newfoundland and Labrador: Please join us by writing letters to the Minister of Education and cc your MHA. Help he/she to understand how a child with diabetes impacts your life. What is it like as a parent sending the child to school? What is it like as an educator to deal with these students? What do you see in the medical profession? In the diabetes care field? What are your worries? Your concerns? Your needs? My ideal is that an Individual Medical Care Plan for children with chronic illnesses be put in place (see www.diabetesadvocacy.com/diabetes_law.htm ) but the funding to support such a program must also be there. Please send your letters as soon as you can. Please share it with friends and family and ask them to get involved. The more people we can get on this bandwagon the greater impact we will have. Our children are suffering needlessly. We must work together to protect them. Let us flood the Ministers office and make the politicians take notice! Click here to see our letter and a sample that you can use... Ontario:
Waterloo Region District School Board
They state that their priorites
are working Together to Build Great Futures through... Let's ask them to help us do this
for our children with diabetes by creating a policy that would allow for
Individual Care Plans for Children with Life Threatening Chronic
Conditions. You may wish to try and contact a board member. Currently, the board is seeking
guidance on their budget, perhaps by completing their survey, we can
suggest that money spent developing and implementing this care plan
should be a serious priority in their next budget! A Diabetes Stamp.... Canadian Stamps: To have a Diabetes Awareness stamp created will take a minimum of 2 years but it can be done!! Together we can generate interest and have our own stamp creating awareness of the realities of type 1 diabetes!!
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Can
you picture it? A "Diabetes Awareness" quarter? Above is our vision and
we have contacted the Canadian Mint (
