College + Newly Diagnosed

[u/superdupercass69]

Hello! I’ve been “officially” type 1 for about a year now from being 1.5. I just started school again to be an engineer and was wondering if anyone told their professors that they’re t1d and if so how did you go about it? Our disability office highly encourages me to tell my profs as does my mom. I was thinking of making a little note card w some information just in Casies. I have an Omnipod + Dexcom and my main concern if if my pod runs out or expires while in class and makes that annoying ass noise until I deactivate it or if Dex yells at me for going low (as we know it just gets louder). This quarter my teachers seem relaxed and don’t have a no food/drink policy that they’ve mentioned but in the future if they’re strict my school (disability department) can intervene if I don’t feel comfortable telling my profs or they refuse to let me have food in class.

[u/Zealousideal_Knee469]

Fellow college student here. I always inform my Professors before/after our first class. I quickly go up and say “Hi. My name’s NAME. I’m super excited to be in this class. Just to let you know I am diabetic. I’ve never had any issues in classes, and hopefully won’t, but if I did try to die here, I’ve got a glucagon/baqsimi in my backpack.” Followed by a demonstration of where it is and how to use it. I’ve found the super up-beat tone and crude wording of ‘die in here’ to be very effective. I also use a Dexcom and say my phone will be out to monitor, but it might occasionally alarm, and apologize for the disruption (not the cause!) in advance. My pump (tslim) can’t be silenced when empty, so I always try to carry an extra set of supplies, but if all else fails, it’s honestly not that bad to tell them. Mine died one day during a test 🤦‍♀️ poor planning on my part but all good in the end. Every professor I’ve had has been very understanding and easy to work with.