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Advocacy plays an integral role in our mission. We fight for people with diabetes in Washington, DC, in state capitols and in our courts.

Diabetes advocates around the country fight to:

  • increase funding for diabetes research and programs;
  • prevent diabetes;
  • improve access to health care and
  • eliminate discrimination against people with diabetes at school, work and elsewhere in their lives.

Help Stop the Diabetes Epidemic

If current trends continue, one in every three American adults will have diabetes by 2050.

Help us stop diabetes by signing our petition urging your Members of Congress to support critical research and prevention programs today.

5082 people will be diagnosed with diabetes today
You will receive urgent updates on how you can help stop the diabetes epidemic.

Become a Diabetes Advocate

Take Action Now:

Save Safe Routes to School
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is considering the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act which would reauthorize federal transportation programs.The draft bill eliminates the Safe Routes to School program.
Help Stop The Diabetes Epidemic
Ask your Members of Congress to support programs that work to stop diabetes.
Ask Members of Congress to Cosponsor the Gestational Diabetes Act!
Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor the Gestational Diabetes Act to support research and prevention programs.
Ask your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the FIT Kids Act of 2011
Ask your Members of Congress to cosponsor a bill on school physical activity and nutrition

Take Action at the Federal Level

As a Diabetes Advocate every letter you write, every phone call you place helps make it impossible for Congress to ignore the urgent need to stop diabetes.

Take Action at the State Level

Together we can urge state legislatures to help transform the lives of people with diabetes by funding efforts to find a cure, improving access to health care and protecting the rights of people with diabetes.

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Our Priorities

With hard work and leadership from Congress and State Legislators, we can stop the diabetes epidemic in America.

Legal

Know Your Rights

Protect your rights at the workplace, school, correctional institutions or public places and learn how to address discrimination due to your diabetes.

Patient Informs

Health Insurance Options

Research the best insurance options to make your health care more affordable.

Discrimination

Discrimination

Learn to recognize unfair or unlawful treatment at work, school, correctional institutions or public places.

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