[Diabetes-talk] A Plea and a Push for Accessible Diabetes Technology

[Colleen Roth]

Hi,
I think it's great that you will be able to be at the Conference.
I have shared your plea for others to give us support and know that many people I know will be happy to do this.
Some are blind, some are Diabetic, and some are neither.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: Tuesday, Sep 11, 2012 01:12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A Plea and a Push for Accessible Diabetes Technology

>
>
> Congrats. That's awesome. Here's to getting companies to listen to our
> needs and provide technology allowing us to have complete independence.
> Good luck.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>  
> "History is not what happened; history is what was written down."
> The Expected One- Kathleen McGowan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tom and Eileen
> Rivera Ley
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:04 PM
> To: Diabetes-Talk at NFBNet.org
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] A Plea and a Push for Accessible Diabetes
> Technology
> 
> 
> Dear list,
>  
> I created a three-minute video on the need for all diabetes technology
> to be accessible to the blind. 
>  
> It is posted on YouTube. I entered it into a contest sponsored by
> DiabetesMine.org and the California Health Care Foundation. They were
> seeking people with diabetes to represent the community at a technology
> summit they are holding in November on the campus of Stanford University
> in Palo Alto, CA. 
>  
> The purpose of the summit is to get input from various stakeholders on
> the needs diabetes technology should address in the future. In
> attendance will be representatives from the diabetes technology industry
> (Medtronic, Animas,
> etc.) government regulators, the gaming industry, and the diabetes
> community.
>  
> Fortunately, based on my video, I was one of the ten "persons with
> diabetes" selected and will attend the summit with my wife, Eileen, in
> November. I'll have opportunities to speak directly to industry leaders
> and others when I participate on panel discussions and other activities.
> The summit organizers are taking all the winning videos and creating a
> video to play during one of the sessions.
>  
> So, if you are of a mind to help, spread the word. You can view the
> video at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DBZvqVaOCA 
>  
> You can "like" the video on Youtube and post it to your Facebook pages
> or tweet the Youtube link, or, email it around, the old fashioned way.
> Thanks.
>  
> Tom Ley
> Towson, MD
>  
>  
>  
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