Visually telling the story of type 1 diabetes
Our vision is to demystify all aspects of T1D
About animaT1D
We make animated educational videos about type 1 diabetes in an appealing, visual story format. These engaging videos are bite-sized and told through the vantage point of a few central characters. Each video answers one question from basics like "What does insulin do?" to more advanced topics like "How to manage sick days with type 1?". These scripted videos are created by Dr. Radhika, a pediatric endocrinologist, and available on YouTube, completely free, on-demand and accessible to all.
The topics are grouped by playlists like basics, carbs and sick day management, so they are easy to navigate. This is for adults and children living with type 1, their caregivers, and is a valuable resource tool for health care professionals to share with their patients, especially in limited care settings.
Our journey so far
Since launching our nonprofit in Jan 2024 and our YouTube channel in May 2024, we have been uploading new videos regularly. The animaT1D family has expandeed from the initial 3 members to a large multi-racial, multi-ethnic, global family!
Huge Milestone: With the assistance of Sandra Moreno, a bilingual diabetes educator who has volunteered her time, we launched our Spanish channel, animaT1DEspañol in November 2024! Check it out here!
Breaking Barriers and Bridging Gaps: We are collaborating with Kaajal Vaghela, a diabetes advocate in Zambia to create diabetes awareness videos, like this one.
We are also creating diabetes literacy videos in Amharic for the Ethiopian population with Dr. Kidist Nega in Dilla, Ethiopia. Check out the first of those videos here!
We have started collaborations to create a nutrition series and a mental health series. We are taking requests: suggestions welcome!
Our Mission
Our mission is to make type 1 diabetes education material accessible to anyone, anywhere and at anytime, across cultural, regional and language barriers. We want to create a free and easily accessible library of resources covering the different aspects of type 1 diabetes: a one-stop shop where you can understand any concept in its entirety in small bites of information.
Please consider donating! With your help, we can expand our reach across languages, regions and cultures, by creating new content, translating it to different languages and sharing this unique resource at conferences, and by partnering with national and international organizations.
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Our Origin Story
animaT1D is the culmination of the vision of two driven women: Molly and Radhika, to tell the story of type 1 diabetes through visual stories.
They were invited to share their journey, their vision and mission on the “The Healthy Diabetic” podcast, hosted by Coach Ken, Diabetes Health Coach, founder of Simplifying Life With Diabetes. Check out that episode here.
