Alyssa Faulkner
@faulkner_alyssa
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Type 1 Diabetes / Epilepsy / Pumptastic Scot / MSc from Edinburgh University 🏳️🌈She/her / Trustee at @YouthLinkScot. All views are my own.
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined November 2011
*New Blog Post*.Being a Sibling of a Type 1 - Iona Faulkner. My fabulous little sister Iona has been really vulnerable and shared her feelings about my diabetes. Read more here - #type1diabetes #gbdoc #diabetesblog #siblingsoftype1
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Just wrapped an unforgettable week at #YLL2025 as a Senior Mentor. 20 young diabetes advocates had workshops, community, & leadership challenges. Feeling inspired - read my full reflections 👇 . @IDFEuropeBXL #YOURAH.
pumptasticscot.co.uk
This year I had the absolute privilege of returning to the International Diabetes Federation Europe’s Youth Leadership Lab, a camp I attended myself as a participant in 2017, but this year as a...
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RT @chrisbrighty1: AMAZING NEWS 🗞️ 🥳 - we’ve managed to get the UK 🇬🇧 Government to agree to a debate on Diabetes in Sport on September the….
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TAD 2025 - What a day.I wrote a recap of the fab TAD event: from inspiring talks to musical talent, laughs and advocacy - this year's @TADtalkEvents event reminded us just how powerful the diabetes community is. .#TAD2025 #gbdoc #Type1Diabetes
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Congrats to @Passion4Fusion for their win! Thanks for letting me present you your award tonight ❤️.
Huge well done to Equality & Diversity winners…. Drummmmmrrrrrroll…. It’s @Passion4Fusion Sponsored by @YouthLinkScot #YLSAwards 👏🎉🎊
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Each year, IDF Europe run their 'Youth Leadership Lab' programme, and applications for this year's cohort are open until the 21st March! Click here to find out more:.#t1d #gbdoc @IDFEuropeBXL.
pumptasticscot.co.uk
Each year, IDF Europe hosts a youth leadership camp for young people age 18-30 living with diabetes. I attended the camp myself in 2017, when it was hosted in Romania, and I gained so many skills. It...
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She also discusses how when someone with diabetes presents with psychological/psychiatric issues, they struggle to access the necessary services because it is often attributed to diabetes distress.
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I’m at #DUKPC25, and @DrRoseStewart is discussing safeguarding, and factors that can affect assessing ongoing capacity for adults with diabetes. Capacity is an ongoing assessment, and someone should never be assessed as ‘not having capacity’, but think about what this looks like
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Thank you so much for inviting me along!.
Behind the scenes of the Scottish Parliament! Thank you from P5/6/7 for the guided tour @ScotParl It was so interesting to hear how democracy works from Alyssa @Creative_Voices
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*I am very aware that not everyone has access to this technology, and I hope that will change in the near future. This is for those who are given the choice of systems to make an informed decision*.
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I have made a post about how to compare hybrid closed loop insulin pump systems! It can be hard to make an informed decision whilst comparing the different systems, and DSN Forum UK have made a handy chart to do this. . @DSNforumUK #gbdoc #type1diabetes.
pumptasticscot.co.uk
In recent years in the diabetes world, technology has advanced so much, and it has meant that people reliant on insulin can get greater control and quality of life.If you are lucky enough to be...
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RT @DiabetesScot: 💙 A type 1 event for young people aged 11-25. 🧡 We would like you to join us on November 17th @ 12-4pm at Braehead Ice R….
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I can’t wait to watch these fabulous people!. @dedocORG is amazing for letting us access the Dedoc symposium without being at the conference 💪.
Don’t miss our #dedoc° symposium, "What we wish you knew — and why”, which will be taking place this time next week at #ISPAD2024!. Join us in person or tune in virtually on Friday, 18th October, 16:30 - 18:00.
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RT @diabettech: I'm proud to announce the launch of the Diabettech AI podcast series. Diabettech AI uses Google's Gemini AI in NotebookLM….
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RT @Edindiabetesgrp: Join us 8th September for a coffee and a wee wander round the gardens (weather permitting) . Meeting point- Gateway Ca….
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I love living in Edinburgh during the fringe festival, but I have the same problem with seeing shows as I do about reading books:. So many shows I want to see but no time/money to see everything. I also want to support new indie shows, but never know what I’m going to get 🤷🏼♀️.
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RT @Creative_Voices: The themes that our MCPs have been focusing on in depth in this stage were decided on by the children in stage 1. They….
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Okay I finally have glasses the feel good on my face, that I like the look of and that my prescription is correct. I can see! It’s amazing. The trees have leaves. There are dust particles everywhere.
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