 stories a t1d hero is a strong patient and courageous person they persevere through the extreme challenges of managing t1d they work to achieve their goals not letting t1d get in their way a t1d hero is the person living with t1d their mom or dad their brother or sister their spouse or best friend their doctors and nurses everyone impacted by t1d is a hero in this space we highlight real t1d heroes that give us hope read about a teenager with a diabetes alert dog a communication researcher on how to provide social support a pediatric endocrinologist about artificial pancreas clinical trials and more  