Milliecat

Thanks for this link Karen. I've just been looking for info on transition and this looks really good.

Flutterfly , I also hope the nurse will be able to help with all these questions. I know that we couldn't do without ours , she has been invaluable for information , support and reassurance. Here , the nurses go into the schools to teach about diabetes,perhaps this could also happen with the taxi?? It is natural to be so worried , especially at this very early stage ( even my son 13 months later is still called 'recently diagnosed'). There is a lot to learn and we were given information in small stages because there is so much to learn. At the time , I thought 'why aren't they telling me eveything - I'm not stupid' , but , looking back , it was the best way to get the information, as we could have been easily overloaded. It has got better over a period of time , for me I had to recognise that it is a long term learning process. Good luck tomorrow <'>

Hi flutterfly, I think every child is different in the way their bodies react to food and insulin (if you know what I mean?). I'm assuming you are on a regime of one long-acting insulin(at the same time every day) and one short acting (to be given at each meal).I can only tell you how we deal with food and it will be different for everybody as Karen A has posted. My son has three meals a day(with insulin) and one snack mid afternoon(no insulin). In the beginning he had a mid morning snack as well (no insulin) , but we dropped that as his blood sugar was high at lunch. As far as chocolate goes we agreed on chocolate once a week and at the same time as a meal so that it could be included in the insulin dose. He does like chocolate and it makes it a special day somehow. Also at bedtime he has a late snack( no insulin) to stop night time lows and this includes 'chocolate milk' made with milk and Options and that seems to satisfy the need for chocolate. My son is a teenager going through puberty and some of the advice given to younger children may be different because puberty affects diabetes. I only know how to treat my son's diabetes and he is a teenager so some things may be done differently with younger children. I wonder if there are any younger ASD children with diabetes out there? Best wishes <'> <'>

Thanks for the welcome Nellie and Karen. I haven't posted to a forum before , so really am a newbie!

Hi - new here. I have a 15yo son ASD with type1 diabetes (diagnosed 13 months ago). He took to injections very well, has meals at set times and I guess because of the ASD likes the routine. We have access to a Diabetes Nurse and dietician who we saw from day 1 ,otherwise we would have been totally lost. A good book to read : "Type 1 Diabetes in children,adolescents and young adults" by Dr Ragnar Hanas (Is it OK to advise on reading material?)