[Diabetes-talk] Accessible insulin pumps

[Mike Freeman]

Wayne:

There's no truly fully accessible insulin pump on the market today although
there may be one on the horizon. However, many blind persons are
successfully using insulin pumps with but minimal sighted assistance.

Go to the NFB web site and check out our book "Bridging the Gap"; it's
available in HTML and audio and, if you wish, I can send you a copy in Word.
In any event, there's an article in the booklet by Tom Ley describing how
blind persons use insulin pumps even though they're not fully accessible.

You've gotten good advice from Cheryl Echevarria. Bridgit Polpeter and Diane
Filipe are also good resources.

Keep us posted.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 12:18 PM
To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] Accessible insulin pumps

Greetings. I have been on and off this list over the years. I am a
blind type 2 diabetic that lives in Austin, TX. I have been having
trouble keeping my blood sugars under control lately. So much that my
doctor has mentioned the possibility of an insulin pump. Which leads
me to ask the following: are today's insulin pumps usable by a totally
blind guy? Do they talk or provide some sort of audio feedback? I have
read references on the web to insulin pump accessibility, where most
pumps issued a series of beeps and so forth. I know nothing about the
insulin pumps, thinking that I would never need one and now it may be
a possibility. Is an insulin pump surgicly implanted in your body, or
is there a method by which you inject the needed insulin or send it
through a tube into your body? Any and all info would be appreciated.
And, for those that use iOS devices, are there pumps on the market
that would let me monitor the pump activity through my iPhone?

Thanks,
Wayne Merritt

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