Awareness & Prevention

Type 2 diabetes is often preventable through lifestyle changes, such as maintaining a healthy diet, regular exercise, and weight management. Raising awareness helps people understand the risk factors and take proactive steps.

What is Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body cannot properly use insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar. This is also...

Help Everyone #SeeTheSigns

Become a #SeeTheSigns Ambassador for Beyond Type 1 and help save lives by sharing a simple message: Know the signs...

Forms of Diabetes

Over 537 million people worldwide have diabetes, with 90% living with type 2 and 8.7 million with type 1. Rare...

Type 2 Programs

Beyond Barriers

Together we can transform lives. Together we are going Beyond Barriers.

Innovation Accelerator Grants

Apply for the 2026 Innovation Accelerator—Up to $50,000 in grant funding for organizations developing innovative...

Beyond Ambassadors

Coming soon: The Beyond Ambassador program, a way for people living with diabetes to connect,...

Beyond Diagnosis

Getting diagnosed with diabetes sucks. We're making it suck less.

Get Insulin

Connecting people living with diabetes in the United States to the insulin access and affordability...

Type 2 Community

Join the Beyond Type 2 Community, a safe space for those with type 2 diabetes...

Community Table

Every month, all year long, Beyond Type 1 hosts conversations around under-discussed issues facing the...

Beyond Scholars

See The Signs

Become a #SeeTheSigns Ambassador for Beyond Type 1 and help save lives by sharing a...

Type 2 Resources

Diabetes Types + Diseases

Is Type 2 Diabetes Genetic?

Let’s be honest—living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) means dealing with some unfair misconceptions and stigma. Some people think you’re lazy, overweight or obese, hate exercise and don’t eat healthily. If you mention your family has a history of diabetes,...