Louise Miller-Frost (Boothby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak to the Youth Voice in Parliament campaign. I have received a number of excellent speeches. I received one today from Ethan Greenfield, who is 11 years old. Ethan says, 'I have lived with type 1 diabetes for seven years, and I am a proud JDRF advocate. It is tricky to live with type 1 diabetes but I have to deal with it. When my blood sugar levels are really high or really low I find it hard to think or act normal. It is also hard for me to find new places to inject insulin because the skin on my body gets so sore from so many needles. Management of diabetes is always there and is hard for me but having a continuous glucose monitor, CGM, makes it a whole lot easier. I want to thank the government and everyone who has helped get CGM access for all. I feel very lucky to live in a country where this important technology is available to all those with type 1 diabetes. I look forward to the new parliament's support to turn type 1 into type none, so that no-one has to live with diabetes anymore. Please continue clinical research networks to find a cure for type 1 diabetes so that we don't have to keep dealing with it. I know that research holds the key and that scientists can find a cure someday. Thank you for your time today.' I would also like to congratulate his mother Kylie Greenfield, who is the JDRF national volunteer of the year.

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