Drat. I have been trying to stay on the sidelines during this debate, but I can’t let that pass. T1D can strike at any age, and does so far more frequently than is generally supposed. The number of cases among very young children is substantial. I am personally in contact with several cases that were diagnosed before age 3. And the number of adults wrongly diagnosed as T2 is very significant indeed. It’s a major and perennial topic all over the DOC. The examples are legion; here is just one.
“Used to be” are the key words. The name was changed {and those words stricken) for a reason.