Resources for spouses and partners of people with type 1 diabetes

Type 1 and LADA
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A partner nonprofit group is working on an online program for T1D spouses/partners (to go live in just a few months) and they approached us asking about our recommendations for online resources, blogs, youtube videos, books that we might recommend for spouses/partners of adults with type 1 diabetes.

What are your favorite ones? Here are the ones we found:
GROUPS ON TUDIABETES:
http://www.tudiabetes.org/group/typeiiidiabetes
http://www.tudiabetes.org/group/SpousesAndSignificantOthersOfDiabetics

FORUM TOPICS ON TUDIABETES
 https://forum.tudiabetes.org/topics/new-here-spouse-is-diabetic-need-support
https://forum.tudiabetes.org/topics/spouses-of-type-1-diabetics

BLOGS:
 http://diabetesdelicatebalance.blogspot.com/
http://wifeofadiabetic.blogspot.com/

http://www.tudiabetes.org/profiles/blogs/diabetic-girl-wanted

BLOG POSTS:
 http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/17/156918/husband-diabetes/
http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/complications/sex/manny_032608

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What about Bill Polonsky's Behavioral Diabetes Institute and Edelman's Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD)

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PHENOMENAL!!!!

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http://behavioraldiabetesinstitute.org/
http://tcoyd.org/
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/

the last one, even though it says "children with diabetes", they have the well known "Friends for Life" annual get together, which many of our members have attended as adults, with or without their families

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Wow, that wife of a diabetic site is grim, although the most recent episode suggests that the dude has moved out.

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nice videos from Bill on relationships & diabetes
http://www.tudiabetes.org/video/my-diabetes-relationship
http://www.tudiabetes.org/video/so-you-are-dating-a-diabetic

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One rather quirky site that could be helpful is Diabetes Squared @ http://www.diabetessquared.com. It was created by two film makers who have TWO kids with Type 1 diabetes. I confess that one of them is my cousin Elizabeth and hope this doesn't count as "promoting" a product. I have had T1 for 52 years and actually found it instructive.