The movement to end diabetes stigma
Bastian Hauck above, founder of #dedoc who sponsored my trip to EASD last week.
While at the EASD conference (European Association for the study of diabetes) last week in Hamburg, Germany, diabetes stigma was a large topic of conversation. Not in the scientific programs, of course, but for those of us there as #dedoc voices and several health professional who also realize the damaging consequences of stigma: shame, burden, burnout, guilt, giving up one’s self-management.
Chantel Mathieu, President of EASD, whom I didn’t know before but now so admire, also gave a committed passionate talk why this has to end.
If you would like to contribute to the effort to end diabetes stigma, you can read more about it and sign the petition here. This is a well thought out movement, not just an idea. I was proud to add my name to the list.
