Victor Garber is speaking out about the stigma behind type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed with the incurable, insulin-dependent disease at the young age of 12, Garber admits it took him most of his teenage and early twenties "to acknowledge that it was serious." "We knew very little about it and it was difficult to accept," Garber, 66, tells People in this week's magazine. The Legends of Tomorrow star adds, "Now, I think it's important to talk about the disease, especially to children who are traumatized and think their lives are over." In effort to start the discussion, Garber has joined forces with Beyond Type...
- 2/25/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
Victor Garber is speaking out about the stigma behind type 1 diabetes. Diagnosed with the incurable, insulin-dependent disease at the young age of 12, Garber admits it took him most of his teenage and early twenties "to acknowledge that it was serious." "We knew very little about it and it was difficult to accept," Garber, 66, tells People in this week's magazine. The Legends of Tomorrow star adds, "Now, I think it's important to talk about the disease, especially to children who are traumatized and think their lives are over." In effort to start the discussion, Garber has joined forces with Beyond Type...
- 2/25/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
Victor Garber is speaking out about the stigma behind type 1 diabetes.
Diagnosed with the incurable, insulin-dependent disease at the young age of 12, Garber admits it took him most of his teenage and early twenties "to acknowledge that it was serious."
"We knew very little about it and it was difficult to accept," Garber, 66, tells People in this week's magazine.
The Legends of Tomorrow star adds, "Now, I think it's important to talk about the disease, especially to children who are traumatized and think their lives are over."
In effort to start the discussion, Garber has joined forces with Beyond Type...
Diagnosed with the incurable, insulin-dependent disease at the young age of 12, Garber admits it took him most of his teenage and early twenties "to acknowledge that it was serious."
"We knew very little about it and it was difficult to accept," Garber, 66, tells People in this week's magazine.
The Legends of Tomorrow star adds, "Now, I think it's important to talk about the disease, especially to children who are traumatized and think their lives are over."
In effort to start the discussion, Garber has joined forces with Beyond Type...
- 2/25/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- People.com - TV Watch
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