Two boys were awarded for their courageousness on World Diabetes Day.
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Rylan Mecham and Bodhi Brady received the Little Courage Ambassador Award for their unflinchingly positive attitudes in dealing with Type 1 diabetes.
Both have campaigned tirelessly as diabetes ambassadors for the DANII Foundation to spread awareness of Type 1 diabetes, which is an often misunderstood condition.
Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune disease which is largely hereditary and seemingly has little to do with lifestyle compared to Type 2 diabetes.
Bodhi has been determined not to let it get in his way, and he plays ruby league through the winter and touch football through the summer.
While studying at Yenda Public School he has been making sure to keep an close eye on his blood-glucose levels between classes.
Rylan has also been actively campaigning with his dad David with Diabetes NSW and the Murrumbidgee Diabetes Association.
The father-son team went down to parliament to lobby politicians to increase funding for Continuous Glucose Monitoring, a machine which has improved Rylan’s life.
The technology has the potential to prevent unnecessary deaths, and Rylan is passionate about helping others like him who battle everyday with the disease.
The DANII Foundation was set up after the preventable death of Daniella Meads Barlow at age 17.
The boys joined the foundation so that others with the disease can continue to lead good, happy lives.