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After the Storm continued from cover
supplies and resources they needed. A hotline, 1-314-INSULIN,
was also set up for health care providers from affected areas who
were in need of diabetes supplies. In addition, the website posted
and regularly updated lists of resources and information specific
to affected areas, as well as links for people wishing to donate
diabetes supplies or money to the relief effort.

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS

The Association continues to work with its partners in DERC
to provide crucial aid to those in need in all of the affected areas.
Learn more about these efforts and how you can help at
diabetes.org/hurricanerelief.

Be Prepared
The following links on the Association website can help
diabetes care providers and their patients prepare for future
natural disasters:
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Diabetes tips for first responders (http://www.diabetes.org/
living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/emergencypreparedness/tips-for-first-responders.html)

Caring for people with diabetes during an emergency
(http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/
treatment-and-care/emergency-preparedness/
diabetes-care-emergency-situations.html)

The rights of people with diabetes in emergency shelters
(http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatmentand-care/emergency-preparedness/the-rights-ofpeople-with-diabetes-emergency-shelters.html)

CLINICAL NEWS

The Use of Language in Diabetes Care
and Education: A Consensus Report from
the American Diabetes Association and
the American Association of Diabetes
Educators
Last fall, a task force consisting of representatives from the
American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the American
Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) convened to discuss
the use of language in diabetes care and education. The group
recognizes that language has a strong impact on perception, as
well as behavior, and agreed that the literature supports a need
for a "language movement." To this end, the task force created a
set of recommendations for language used by health care professionals and others when discussing diabetes in person and in
writing, whether communicating with people who have diabetes,
colleagues, or the general public. These recommendations, in
addition to research questions related to language and diabetes, appear in an ADA-AADE consensus report released online
simultaneously by Diabetes Care and The Diabetes Educator on
October 17. The report is available at care.diabetesjournals.org/
lookup/doi/10.2337/dci17-0041 and will appear in print in the
December issues of each journal.
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