Diabetes Action Network Elects New Board
DIABETES ACTION NETWORK ELECTS NEW BOARD
Resource Column, Fall '98
WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW BUT DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE TO ASK
(Resource Column)
1. I'm an ordinary person, just blind. You don't need to raise your voice or address me as if I were a child. Don't ask my spouse what I want—"Cream in the coffee?"—ask me. 2. If I am walking with you, don't grab my arm; let me take yours. I'll keep a half-step behind, to anticipate curbs and steps. 3. I want to know who's in the room with me. Speak when you enter. Introduce me to the others. Include children, and tell me if there's a cat or a dog. Guide my hand to a chair. 4. The door to a room, a cabinet, or a car, left partially open, is a hazard to me. 5.
Better Test Strips
NFB RESOLUTION CALLS FOR BETTER TEST
STRIPS
Contents, Voice of the Diabetic, Fall 1998
VOICE OF THE DIABETIC
The Diabetes Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind
A Support and Information Network
Volume 13, Number 4, Fall Edition 1998
VOICE OF THE DIABETIC, published
quarterly, is the national newsmagazine of the Diabetes Action Network of the National
Federation of the Blind. It is read by those interested in all
aspects of blindness and diabetes. We show diabetics that they have options regardless of
Insulin Vials-Report
TACTILE INSULIN
VIALS--PROGRESS REPORT
by Ed
Bryant
For more than five years, we, the Diabetes
Action Network of the National Federation of the Blind, have been leading the
campaign to get the insulin manufacturers and the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) to reform the way insulin is packaged. Currently, all types of insulin
sold in the United States are packaged identically, either in 10cc vials or
1.5cc pen cartridges, with only the writing on the label to tell them apart.
Volunteers Needed
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR
STUDY
Research centers participating in the Diabetes
Prevention Program (DPP) are looking for volunteers, people who
have a family history of diabetes, are overweight, or have had
gestational diabetes (GDM) when pregnant. These individuals will
be screened for IGT, impaired glucose tolerance. There will be no
charge. As approximately 50% of individuals who exhibit IGT go on
to develop type II diabetes, research is underway to see if their
Voice of the Diabetic, Summer 1995
VOICE OF THE DIABETIC
A SUPPORT AND INFORMATION NETWORK
The Diabetics Division of the National Federation
of the Blind
Volume 10, No. 3, Summer Edition 1995
Spotlight: Hazel Trujillo
SPOTLIGHT: HAZEL TRUJILLO
Hazel Trujillo is a singer-songwriter
in Miami, Florida. She is also a deejay, classical guitarist, self-defense instructor,
diabetes educator, and blind diabetic! Her busy and successful lifestyle is
a shining example of the possible, and her unique perspective on life is an
inspiration to us all. Here she shares some of her experiences with VOICE editor
Ed Bryant.
What age were you diagnosed as diabetic?
At the age of six.
NFB National Convention 1998
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE
BLIND
1998 CONVENTION
July 4-10, 1998
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
The time has come to plan for the 1998 convention
of the National Federation of the Blind. As Federationists know, our 1997 convention in
New Orleans was the biggest we have ever had; however, Texas in 1998 promises to be even
better.
We will return to the Dallas-Fort Worth Hyatt
Regency, where we met in 1990 and again in 1993. NFB of Texas president Tommy Craig