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Are u the type to Help a T1 JDRF

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JDRF has a short film about helping someone with Type 1 diabetes. The builder at the end is the best ! Giving the bloke a piggy back. Lady on her scooter a close second 😎
 
Agreed :D Although, bad diabetic going out without his hypo treatments! 😱

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I found this really awkward to watch.

I get the point it's making, I really do, and I hope to god I never end up in that situation. But the way the actor went about it just seemed so aggressive and I really just found myself sympathising with the public. After all, if you didn't know what diabetes was and some random stranger came up to you and stole your drink or your ice cream off you, how do you think you'd react?
 
I agree with DeusXM... It was like watching that awful Balls of Steel windup sketch program. A sure fire way to get people to turn it off before it finished. :(
 
If it meant that you where going to end up in a serious way (Bad Hypo). Would you take a black eye ! Its showing how people respond. If you showed them your id badge. 99.9% of people would help. If the film was shown nationally it would save lives 😎
 
If the film was shown nationally it would save lives
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I doubt it. How many people actually drop dead in the street from a hypo? All it seems to say to me is that people with diabetes are incapable of looking after themselves and expect society to fit around them. The scenario is ridiculous anyway - if you're in the middle of a city you're probably all of about 10m away from a shop that will sell something with sugar in it so why start pestering other people? I know judgement can get shot up when you're having a hypo, but even so...

I get what they're trying to do, but to me this is just a complete backfire. I guess my other objection is it makes people with T1 look, well, disabled.

I'm not disabled, I just have to manually manage my blood sugar.
 
My be in your opinion. It is trying to get people to do a walk in Glasgow for JDRF. They "ARE" an excellent charity trying to encourage people to understand being T1. It is a lighthearted film wih a Big Builder helping & a Little old dear in a electric wheel chair.
 
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