Amy Ford

Amy Ford

Amy Ford is a junior at Malone University studying Community & Public Health Promotion. She hopes to help those with Type 1 diabetes to manage the condition and promote Type 1 diabetes awareness in the public. She is a recent JDRF National Communications intern, and blogs at https://diabeterrific.wordpress.com when she isn't busy studying for school, devouring novels, drinking tea, or watching lots of episodes of Gilmore Girls.

Columns

A Students with Diabetes Conference Journal

June 24, 2015

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Amy Ford describes her weekend at the National Students with Diabetes Conference in Tampa.

Columns

JDRF, a Truly Type 1-Friendly Workplace

March 4, 2015

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A summer intern describes the experience of working at a place where everyone understands diabetes.

Treatment

Thankful for the Pinpricks

November 18, 2014

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While insulin therapy brings unending frustration, it also shows just how far we’ve come in Type 1 treatment.

Living

How to Establish T1D Boundaries with Parents

October 8, 2014

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Young adults want to own their diabetes self-care. Here are 3 tips to do it while still maintaining your family…