It was a dream, a goal that the Childhood Adolescence Diabetes association worn for years, almost since its creation. The Childhood Diabetes House is a long-standing project with a mission: to offer young people, their families and those around them, a place outside the hospital, warm and conducive to exchanges.
In this completely renovated two-story house, the association wants a place adapted to learning and getting to grips with the disease. She also worked to be a place of resources and meetings for young people and their families. Finally, this house is also a training and information space for health professionals, professionals caring for children in their everyday lives and for the general public.
An educational kitchen
In this house, the central space is a large, very bright teaching kitchen. Learn to cook in a balanced way and be able to enjoy yourself despite diabetes, it is central in the therapeutic education of families affected by diabetes.
The association offers in particular “first steps with diabetes” day“, organized in the three months following the discovery of diabetes to master the first important concepts. “It’s a special moment, organized for parents and children, which allows you to look back on the first weeks of returning home. The association’s team and a parent partner are there to answer questions and review update on learning”describes the association.
Increasing numbers of diagnoses
L’association suit 1,200 young people from the entire Midi-Pyrénées area and welcomes 400 each year for training. It also allows their parents and grandparents to participate in workshops. In France, more than 26,000 children are affected by type 1 diabetes. The average age of onset of the disease is around 10 years and more and more children are diagnosed each year without knowing why.
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