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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 1826303" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>My take is that type 1 IS a disability albeit one that can occur spontaneously or at any given moment. A low DOES disable you if you've not been able to catch it and when you get a really low one, you are not in control of yourself. That is disabling by anyone's standards. It is all fine when you are bumbling along between 4 and 7 or whatever but who knows when that will suddenly change despite all your best efforts. Even when your diabetes is being good you are constantly worrying about is it dropping/shall I test/shall I eat/shall I go to the shops on my own/shall I mention it to my work colleagues. I don't mean to sound hysterical but to me, it most definitely interferes with my daily life and requires constant monitoring and action, that disables me. I think it is a pretty unique disability in that you never know when it will hit, you can be wandering around that zoo and fall headlong into the elephant enclosure.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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