Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic illnesses in childhood, with more than 150 children newly diagnosed every year in WA alone.
It’s also difficult to imagine a condition more incompatible with adolescence.
Read more about navigating the teen years and diabetes in The West Australian here.
The story features Dr Keely Bebbington, who is the McCusker Research Fellow in Type 1 Diabetes at the Children’s Diabetes Centre, based at The Kids Research Institute Australia.