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We're hoping you are. We invite you to join the many parents, educators, health care and legal professionals working together to advance this bill. Their willingness organize and take action has inspired others to get involved and caused policymakers to take notice. Suzanne Elder directs this grassroots effort in Illinois and provides assistance to other advocacy initiatives in the U.S. Her passion for this issue was hard-won. After her daughter, Sophie, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, she was forced to quit work to be at school each day to test her daughter's blood and administer insulin. Her daughter’s school now provides the care she needs but there are other children that still need---and are entitled to---the care her daughter receives. Contact Suzanne directly at Suzanne@TheCareAct.com Our advocacy team includes the support of National Organizations, more than 1,600 Families from across the state and experts, including Jim Radermacher, Chicago Leadership Council Advocacy Chair for the ADA; Dr. Louis Philipson, The University of Chicago; Dr. Rodney Lorenz, University of Illinois College of Medicine; Lori B. Andrews, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology; Edward Kraus, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law; Heather Boore, Diabetes Centers at OSF/Children's Hospital; Jill Weissberg-Benchell, Northwestern University; Children's Memorial Hospital; and Dr. Richard M. Bergenstal, President, Medicine & Science of the American Diabetes Association |
