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Chris, a disability awareness trainer and accessibility consultant, lost all useful vision at the age of 8 due to a combination of an extremely rare medical condition and a seemingly routine case o

Sharon and Harj's 11 year old son Mahn was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in May 2020.

Musician Cara, who has had type 1 diabetes since 2007, had to cancel her performances and put her life on hold during the pandemic.

'We’ve loved working together and had a lot of fun at meetings and events.

Mary talks about how technology has made her life easier and her diabetes more manageable, just one of the reasons she's been fundraising for us for years.

Darren, engineer come stand-up comedian, lives with type 2 diabetes and arthritis.

Paul, 59, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 21 and a half stone.

Mahesh was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1992 when he was 30 years old.

Kieran lost six stone in the four months following weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes a

When Julie, 52, was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in August 2019, she was sluggish and tired all the time.