About T1D to 100

Purpose/Mission of T1D to 100

T1D to 100 is a community-based volunteer group of people living with Type 1 diabetes, working to:

• Identify health issues unique to people aging with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).
• Promote solutions to sustain a safe and comfortable environment for people aging with T1D.
• Raise awareness of health issues encountered by people with T1D to healthcare providers.
• Interface with the diabetes research community and the medical professionals to explain and validate our issues and solutions, as well as support our efforts to educate the T1D aging community.
• Focus on useful tools to stay safe and community to practice resilience and coping skills.

Our goals:

• Awareness in the diabetes/geriatric research community of the urgent needs of the aging T1D population, which is a large and rapidly growing demographic
• Share our shared experiences and knowledge with the larger aging T1D population, who currently don’t have information to age well, with informed planning and safely and without fear.
• Educate healthcare professionals who currently have very few resources or little knowledge to assist their aging T1D patients.
• Offer a community connection to address loneliness, lack of support and issues of coping and resilience.

Please feel free to contact us if you have comments or questions, or would like to share your personal experiences with us.

What is the Significance of the Imagery?

The artwork we use in T1D to 100 symbolizes the Journey of Life. Like a river forever flowing, it brings calm stretches and sudden challenges. For those living with Type 1 diabetes, the waters run deeper, carrying challenge but also resilience, strength, and unexpected joy. With experience, new tools, and community support, we navigate these waters with greater confidence, hope, and compassion.”

The graphics we use in T1D to 100 symbolize the Journey of Life. Like a river forever flowing, it brings calm stretches and sudden challenges. For those of us living with Type 1 diabetes, the river carries an extra current, with daily complexities and the probability of unexpected obstacles, sometimes smooth, sometimes stormy, carrying challenge.  Yet within this journey lies strength, resilience, and the opportunity to discover grace, hope, and even joy along the way.  Each person travels their own unique course along this river, shaped by both challenge and beauty.

The imagery honors this personal voyage, encouraging us to find meaning in the passage, to steer toward calmer waters when we can, and to carry forward with courage and compassion as we navigate the Journey of Life.

Last updated 08/05/2025.