Las Animas - Bent County Library District

In Colorado, it is estimated that there are over 1,600 students who have been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Research has shown that intensive management of diabetes helps decrease the long-term complication of the disease. Students with diabetes require special management of their health care needs at school to allow them to access the same educational opportunities as their peers and to keep them safe at school.

The teen years with diabetes onboard are a challenging time for parents and anyone who cares about a child with diabetes. Raising Teens with Diabetes is a no-nonsense, honest approach at not just surviving but thriving in those years. Moira McCarthy, well-known diabetes mom, advocate, and author of the best-selling The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Juvenile Diabetes, is one mom who has truly been there. Raising Teens with Diabetes: A...

Rachel Deering, an otherwise normal 13-year-old aspiring ballerina from Miami, suddenly finds herself in the hospital, diagnosed with diabetes. Now she needs to learn how to manage her disease, and to cope with being different from all her friends. Will she ever dancd again? Rachel Deering loves-and lives-to dance. She dreams of someday becoming a professional dancer. When she is invited to try out at the regional auditions for New York City Ballet...