Authors and Speakers on Juvenile Diabetes
Brochures available
on four different
talks
~ The
Challenge of Childhood Diabetes:
A
View From Three Generations ~
~ Raising
Wholesome Children:
An Intergenerational Perspective ~
Laura Plunkett is a columnist for Diabetes Health & Diabetesincontrol.com.
She speaks around the country on "The Challenges of Childhood Diabetes: Strategies for Raising Healthy Children and "Raising Wholesome Children in a Fast-Food World."
The Plunkett family has been featured on a Parent-to-Parent segment on WHDH-TV and a Hometown Hero profile on WBZ radio. Laura and her mother are co-authors of the book, “The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes: Family Strategies for Raising a Healthy Child.” Laura has a BA in Psychology from Brown University and had a thriving private practice for 14 years before writing her first book.
Laura can be reached at:
Linda Weltner wrote the weekly column, "Ever So Humble," in the At Home section of The Boston Globe for 19 years. Her column was carried by newspapers around the country through the New York Times Wire Service. She is the author of two novels for young adults and two collections of her columns. She was awarded the Best Columnist Award by the New England Women's Press Association, and given the Gold Award from National Mature Media Awards 2000 for best feature in a magazine. She has addressed over 300 audiences.
Linda can be reached at:
Jessica Plunkett, 17, was 10 when her brother was diagnosed with diabetes. She attended all hospital information sessions, spent a week at a family diabetes camp, and is Danny's chief babysitter. Her writing has been published on the Diabetes Health web site.
