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Beyond Type 1 is changing what it means to live with diabetes—boldly, unapologetically, and with just the right dose of disruption. We raise global awareness, delivering life-saving resources and community support to help people with diabetes not just survive—but thrive. By championing innovation, we dismantle barriers to care, deliver the right information when it matters most, and drive progress toward prevention and cures.
Platforms
Beyond Type 1
Beyond Type 1 is a nonprofit organization changing what it means to live with diabetes. Through platforms, programs, resources, and grants, Beyond Type 1 is uniting the global diabetes community and providing solutions to improve lives today.
Beyond Type 1 En Español
Beyond Type 1 es una nueva manera de hacer filantropía que utiliza el poder de las redes sociales y la tecnología, buscando cambiar lo que significa vivir con una enfermedad crónica. Al educar a la comunidad global sobre esta enfermedad crónica autoinmune, así como a proporcionar recursos y apoyo a los que viven con diabetes Tipo 1
Beyond Type 2
Beyond Type 2 is a place for everyone impacted by type 2 diabetes to share their stories, get connected to the community, and find resources on topics from daily management to mental health.
Beyond Type 2 En Español
Beyond Type 2 es un lugar donde todos aquellos con diabetes Tipo 2 pueden compartir sus historias, conectar con la comunidad y encontrar recursos en distintos temas desde manejo diario nasta salud emocional.
Beyond Type 1 International
Beyond Type 1 is now live in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Swedish.
Coronavirus + Diabetes
Protect those most vulnerable, including members of the global diabetes community. Protect those who cannot stay home. Protect those on the front lines. Protect our farmers, grocery workers, nurses, and pharmacists. Protect yourself and your family.
Programs
- See The Signs—an awareness and education campaign that educates the general public on the signs of diabetes and encourages early screening to prevent unnecessary health complications and death.
- GetInsulin.org—no one should pay more than $35 for insulin. GetInsulin.org helps people living with diabetes in the U.S. find tailored affordability programs—because access is survival.
- Beyond Diagnosis—here for the “what now?” moment after a diabetes diagnosis. From beginner guides and social media resources to mobile games, peer support and mental health tools—it’s helping people live fully with T1D and T2D.
- Beyond Scholars—provides $10,000 need-based scholarships to students living with T1D or T2D—with 600+ scholarships awarded, totaling $2M+ in support since 2008.
- Community Table—conversations that matter; voices that need to be heard: a diabetes discussion series that spotlights the lived diabetes experience, challenges perspectives and sparks connection and change.
- Community Apps—our private community apps and forums give people living with or impacted by type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes a space to share and connect. Real support. Real connection. Real community.
- Beyond Barriers—funding bold, community-driven solutions with innovation grants to deliver hyper-local outreach for early diagnosis and management support, mobile clinics, telemedicine and future-forward community health solutions. Disruption is the assignment.
- Beyond Type Run—from running the TCS NYC Marathon to making waves on social media, we’re shifting perceptions and inspiring people to go beyond their diagnosis while fundraising for the life-saving tools, resources and community support we deliver to help people with diabetes not just survive—but thrive. Our vibe? No one left behind.
Past Projects
Beyond Type 1 has launched several distinct content and programatic initiatives, some of the most recent of which are highlighted below.
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and our #TheDropSpotted campaign is back with a new theme: this year, we’re challenging ourselves to learn...
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The #KnowledgeDrop series is made possible with support from Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, an active partner of Beyond Type 1 at the...
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On July 31st, the JDRF Alliance – Beyond Type 1 presented the JDRF Type One Nation Summit: Viviendo sin Límites....
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Type 1 diabetes can lead to a variety of complications. Despite the hardships of the day-to-day of the disease, complications...
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Coalitions
Beyond Type 1 is proud to partner with these incredible organizations to make the biggest impact possible, improving what it means to live with type 1 diabetes.
Time in Range Coalition
The Time in Range (TIR) Coalition formed to ensure that TIR becomes the primary glucose metric for daily management, complemented by A1C, in diabetes care globally. The TIRC brings together people and organizations from across the diabetes community to drive big-picture changes in awareness and policies around topics such as glucose monitoring (CGM) and Time in Range.
Diabetes Technology Access Coalition
Diabetes Technology Access Coalition (DTAC) is a multi-stakeholder group dedicated to ensuring the millions of Americans with diabetes have access to clinically appropriate diabetes technology
Center for Disease Control—Diabetes Management Collaborative
The Diabetes Management Collaborative (DMC) brings together organizations and individuals to play a leading role in crafting a vision for national action on diabetes management. This vision will help accelerate progress and transform outcomes for people with diabetes in the United States. The DMC’s mission seeks to enhance partnerships across various sectors to identify effective, innovative, and practical diabetes management solutions.