As an ADHDer, I forget things on the reg. Left my phone downstairs (I think), no clue where my keys are so I guess I’m never leaving the house again, and I can’t for the life of me remember why I came into this room… Forgetting gets a dangerous upgrade when it leaks into my diabetes management though. Whether that’s forgetting the insulin in the hotel refrigerator on vacation or forgetting to take my meds all together, my neurodivergent brain throws a wrench in my diabetes care routines all...

ADHD raises HbA1c by 0.60 points in T1D. Autistic adults face twice the diabetes risk. Here's what brain-compatible management actually looks like.

I've been wearing a CGM for years. And I'm going to be completely honest with you:I still flinch when I insert a sensor. Twenty-five-plus years of T1D. I know exactly how it works. I know it's a tiny filament. I know insertion is over in a second. Doesn't matter. There's still a moment where my body goes nope. So when the FDA granted de novo classification to Biolinq Shine — a glucose sensorwith no needle — I perked up. Not because it's designed for people like me (it's not,and I'll explain...