Diabetes and Me: Living a Healthy and Empowered Life in the Face of Diabetes

“Children with diabetes can live full, happy, productive lives. I hope my story can stand as proof of that fact.”

Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age seven, Wendy Louise Novak had to create her own path in a world defined by stigma, struggle, and hope.

With little public awareness of her condition, Wendy’s only role model was her fiercely independent father, who grew up in an era when diabetes meant a difficult, and often short, life. He taught her to “follow the rules” and stay self-rel...