WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown met this week with Carter M. Jones of Worthington. Carter is one of Ohio’s Delegates to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s (JDRF) 2015 Children’s Congress.

“Young Ohioans like Carter show great resilience and bravery in sharing their story to help spur support for research into juvenile diabetes,” said Brown. “Funding for research on juvenile diabetes has the ability to change lives and improve the health of future generations. I’ll continue pushing for greater medical research in this field for patients so they can grow and lead healthy lives.”

Carter is the third member of his family to have T1D; his father and grandfather were both diagnosed with the disease, too. Luckily, courage also runs in the family. Carter and his family stay active in their local JDRF chapter by raising funds with their JDRF Walk team, “Find A Cure For Carter.” As Carter says, “In five years, our team has raised more than $12,000 so far, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon!”

Carter also keeps on the move by attending summer camp for kids with diabetes, by playing soccer and basketball, and running cross country at his school. He is a talented baseball player who has played on a travel team—the Worthington Nationals—and has big dreams of playing pro baseball for the Cincinnati Reds someday.

The JDRF Children’s Congress gives children and teens with juvenile diabetes the opportunity to share their story with Members of Congress and urge them to support funding for research. The delegates were in Washington, D.C. to advocate for continued research funding for type 1 diabetes (TID), an autoimmune disease in which an individual’s pancreas cannot produce insulin. They also visited to promote the Medicare CGM Access Act of 2015, which Brown has cosponsored, to ensure that Medicare covers continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices for those who need them.

 

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