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- EIN 46-3338815
- (518) 828-7618
- 726 Bedford Pl Merion Sta PA 19066-1402 USA
- www.asweetlife.org
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Causes: Health, Public Health
Mission: The diabetes media foundation ("dmf") communicates with, inspires, and advocates for the community of people touched by diabetes using a variety of media forms. Our goal is to reach, support, and inform people with diabetes from all walks of life and demonstrate that people with diabetes can live a long, active, full, and healthy life. As its primary activity, dmf publishes asweetlife ("asl"), an international online magazine devoted to high-quality diabetes journalism, which features essays and articles on a broad spectrum of subjects including nutrition, science and technology, medical information, recipes, and personal stories. As patient experts, we believe knowledge, community, and support are essential pillars to living well with diabetes.
Programs: Asweetlife ("asl") is an online diabetes magazine, created and written by people living with diabetes. Asl was created in 2010 by jessica apple and michael aviad, both of whom live with diabetes, with the belief that although diabetes is a very serious and frightening disease, life with diabetes can be normal. Rather than think about diabetes in the negative sense of an illness, asl presents it as a lifestyle for those determined to live healthy lives as diabetics. While there are other online content providers in the market, asl occcupies a unique niche as a high-quality journalistic magazine, whose content is determined and supervised by patient advocates. Thus, it has a strong voice of and by the community, yet has been able to offer very high quality writing and expository journalism. Unlike other online publications, asl has many contributors each with their own voice and approach to living with diabetes; but, all of whom believe that life with diabetes should be great.