ea0066oc6.4 | Oral Communications 6 | BSPED2019
Yard Hannah
, Bretland Corrina
, Shetty Ambika
Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a lifelong condition affecting over 29 000 children in the United Kingdom, the majority of whom are in full time education. Both hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia have been shown to impact the young persons overall school performance and learning capacity. During exams, children and young people (CYP) with T1D have the additional stress of managing their diabetes appropriately, and therefore require special provisions. Currently, the...