Handy Resources
Below we are sharing the details of our Little Blue Book. It’s the names of people, organisations and places that make life with Type 1 Diabetes a little easier.
- Traffic Light Guide Book, classifying foods for healthier food choices
- Calorie King, food database offering carb counts for different food items
- GI Foundation, promoting low GI eating for more stable blood glucose levels
- Coeliac Australia
- Diabetes Australia- Type 1 Diabetes and Nutrition
- Snacking 101: An explainer for people living with T1D
- Healthy snack choices developed by Dr. Carmel Smart and Emma Fisher, paediatric diabetes dietitians at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital
- NSW: Department of Education – Kids with Diabetes
- NSW: Diabetes NSW & ACT -Training Seminars for Teachers:
- NSW: Diabetes NSW & ACT – School support resources for teachers and families
- Qld Dept of Education
- Diabetes Queensland- Managing Diabetes
- SA: Healthcare Plan- Diabetes
- VIC: Department of Education & Training – Students with Diabetes
- Diabetes Western Australia- Diabetes Management and Action Plans
- Diabetes WA- Diabetes Awareness in Schools
- TAS Dept of Education-Healthcare Plans
- Federal Government Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Program administered by NDSS
- National Diabetes Services Scheme, for subsidised diabetes supplies
- Multicultural Diabetes Portal
- Chronic Disease Management information from the Department of Health, available under Medicare
- Carer Allowance, a Centrelink income supplement for carers who provide daily care for someone with a medical condition
- Carer Payment, a Centrelink income support payment for carers who provide constant care for someone with an illness
- Carer Allowance Health Care Card, providing help with the cost of medicine and other medical services
- Carer Adjustment Payment
- Resources for Young People
- Ex-Carer Allowance Health Care Card (fulltime students aged between 16-25)
- Annual Carer Supplement and Child Disability Assistance Payment
- T1D Connect 14-24 (Closed Facebook group for members of the T1D community ages 14-24)
- T1D Connect 25+ (Closed Facebook group for members of the T1D community ages 25+)
- T1D Connect Parents and Carers of Newly Diagnosed (Closed Facebook group for parents and carers of newly diagnosed 2019/2020)
- NDSS publications and resources (fact sheets on managing diabetes including travel tips)
- Straight to the Point – An Adults Guide to Living with Type 1 Diabetes
- Teen Toolkit – A Parents Guide
- Peer Support Program
- Australian Government Insulin Pump Program – subsidies for low income families
- AMSL, distributor of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors
- Medtronic, manufacturer of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors
- Roche, manufacturer of insulin pumps and blood glucose monitors
- Ypsomed Australia Pty. Ltd., manufacturer of insulin pumps, injection systems and other diabetes care products
- Private health insurance options for insulin pumps
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