Take control of your diabetes and mental health
It is Mental Health Awareness Week and we are raising awareness of how mental health can impact people living with diabetes.
Good mental health can often be a benefit in good self-management of diabetes care. However, when factors outside of your control become a factor, it can be difficult to keep it all together.
For Mental Health Awareness Week (11th to 17th May) we are supporting people in their wellbeing with diabetes by sharing resources that offer advise and support to people living with the condition and their carers.
Mental Health Awareness Week is organised by the Mental Health Foundation, the only UK charity solely focused on preventing poor mental health and building and protecting good mental health.
A statement from Mental Health Foundation said: “This Mental Health Awareness Week we’re asking people to join us in taking action to support good mental health. Even small actions can help us feel hopeful and less powerless. And while our individual actions matter, when we come together, we are even more powerful.
“Whether you're looking for a quick boost or something to help form long-term healthy habits, there are lots of actions you can take today to improve your mental health.”
Improving diabetes outcomes for people living with autism
DRWF and Autek CIC recently published a report to provide relevant and appropriate information to help diabetes management and improve diabetes outcomes for people living with autism.
DRWF and Autek partnered with the aim of understanding more about the intersection of autism and diabetes, both from a perspective of specific challenges faced by this group of people, and from the perspective of what works? For example, once autistic people form a new routine around diet and exercise for diabetes, this becomes a lifelong change.
The aim of the collaboration, alongside other partner organisations, is to create a suite of educational videos that improve understanding of autism and diabetes, that can be used both with professionals who support autistic people living with diabetes, and autistic people themselves.
Read the full report from DRWF and Autek CIC here
Exploring diabetes and stigma
If you are living with diabetes, you may very well have experienced ignorant, condescending or simply rude comments, not only from the public and even family members, but also possibly professionals who we would hope know better. Stigma can manifest itself in many ways, so let’s introduce our guests and the different perspectives they bring to the conversation.
In the following features we explore what stigma is and how it manifests itself. In addition to looking at practical ways to deal with stigma, including hints and tips from our professionals.
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