In this Speaking from Experience video clip, five people living with type 1 diabetes and one partner speak about the symptoms that they experienced leading up to diagnosis. Some people were diagnosed as children, whilst others were well into adulthood. Diagnosis is a time of transition and it can take a while to get used to the managing the condition.

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This clip shows young Indigenous and non-Indigenous people talking about their experience of type 1 diabetes. They were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as children, between the ages of 4 and 16. They describe their symptoms at the onset of illness and talk about the effect of their diagnosis on themselves and their families. This clip is the first in a series in which young people speak about their experience of living with type 1 diabetes.

These Speaking from Experience clips features seven young people talking about the ways in which type 1 diabetes has affected their life.