Katie Hathaway, Managing Director for Legal Advocacy for the American Diabetes Association, talks about how to identify if you’re being discriminated against at work due to your diabetes and some actions you can take if you are. She also discusses the legal progress that has been made around jobs for which people living with diabetes were previously not qualified.

The 2013 Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge – Prove It! asked innovators, data scientists and entrepreneurs to design data-driven tools that could potentially improve diabetes care in the U.S. We saw an incredible set of submissions this year, with the proposed solutions showcasing creative applications of the latest data science methodology.

Kathy Stroh, MS, RD, CDE, saw a need to make walking more quantifiable as a prescribed treatment for people living with diabetes. Read about her “Rx for Walking with a Pedometer,” and how it potentially paves the way with steps to better health.

Certified marathon coach and About.com writer, Wendy Bumgardner talks about how she got started walking for exercise and what she does to train for marathons and three day walks. She also offers advice for those just getting started.

Deborah Kimble, MSPH, CDE, is a member of the Sanofi US CDE HELP Team and lives with LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults), which is classified as adult onset type 1 diabetes. Learn how she combines testing, exercise and a healthy diet to manage her blood sugar.

One of Laura K.’s best childhood friends, Michele Faieta Lynch, shares what it’s like for her to parent two teenagers both living with type 1 diabetes.

Author Gretchen Becker talks about her challenges in the first year after her type 2 diabetes diagnosis, and what inspired her to write, “The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed.”

Here’s a list of this month’s diabetes-related events. Know of any upcoming events? Feel free to submit them using the link at the bottom of the calendar widget, and we’ll review them and do our best to get them on the calendar.

We’re celebrating one year of growth for our online collaborative dictionary of diabetes-related terms, Diabetapedia – be sure to check out our most-searched and most-shared terms and suggest one (or more) of your own!

We’re celebrating a day of laughter and jokes with Humorist Kelly Kunik and Comedian Patrick O’Hara. They both live with type 1 diabetes and share a few of their funny diabetes-related moments.