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In the future, I’d like to see type 1 diabetes screening offered to everybody. I think it's a great thing to know your child’s risk.
Amanda’s eldest daughter Isabella was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2014. Amanda decided to take part in the Diabetes UK and JDRF funded ELSA study to have her younger children – Kieran, Liam and Lucy – tested for their risk of type 1 diabetes. Amanda tells her story.