Tuesday, February 6. 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Organization helps diabetics cope
By Livi Regenbaum
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Catherine Teel inserts an insulin pump in her stomach every other day. She then monitors her blood sugar level with a glucometer. While many of us have choices to make concerning diet and exercise, Teel follows a strict regime.
"I have to follow a nutritious diet excluding high sugars and exercise three to five times a week," she said. "I try not to go to extremes with sugar intake. I eat sugar and foods high in carbohydrates in low moderation."
Teel, Alexandria, Va. senior, is a diabetic. She has what is known as type 1 diabetes.
Randall Rock, physician at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said younger people traditionally have type 1 diabetes but now studies are showing that more young people have type 2 diabetes.
"Type 1 diabetes is diagnosed in the early stages of life." he said.
"People with type 1 diabetes require insulin to manage blood sugar. Although it is now being found in younger people, type 2 diabetes occurs later in life. It is often associated with obesity and can often be controlled with pills."
Teel is a promoter for the Kansas University Diabetes Organization. The organization, which was founded last year by KU graduate Bryan Foster, is a social and support group for diabetic students.
The American Diabetes Association reported that 16 million people have been infected with diabetes.
"Diabetes is a problem within our society," he said. "It is caused by the inability of the body cells to recognize insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas, which brings sugar into the cells."
Rock said some symptoms of diabetes included frequent urination and rapid weight loss.
DIABETES SYMPTOMS
"These symptoms are warning
frequent urination
rapid weight loss
Source: Randall Rock, physician at Watkins Memorial Health Center
signs but they do not always mean someone has diabetes," he said. "It could also be a symptom of an infection. Either way, students should come to Watkins if they have any of these symptoms."
Teel said being diabetic had its struggles.
"It is hard to keep up with your blood sugar every day," she said. "I am also advised to exercise three to five times a week, which is hard to keep up with."
Ruth Stoner, adviser to the organization and parent of a college student with diabetes, said diabetes was a life threatening disease if students did not take care of themselves.
"If students do not get enough insulin or have too much, they
can go into diabetes shock," she said.
Stoner said the organization's goal was to provide diabetes education to the University community. The group is exploring service opportunities as well.
Teel said she hoped the organization would serve as a support group for diabetics.
"This group is meant to help people get to know other people who have diabetes," Teel said. "It is a place where diabetics can discuss how we are dealing with being diabetic in a laid-back atmosphere."
Stoner said the organization was not limited to those with diabetes; those who have a family member with diabetes also can join.
The Kansas University Diabetes Organization meets twice a month in the Kansas Union. The next meeting is 7 p.m. Wednesday at Casablanca Cafe, 2233 Louisiana. For more information, contact Catherine Teel at 838-8983.
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courses to hearing students at Johnson County Community College, said she first realized the old signs were inappropriate when she attended the Deaf Minority Hispanic National Conference in Beaumont, Texas, about 10 years ago.
"I would ascribe that to lack of
A Native-American woman told the conference participants that she was always offended by the ASL sign for her people, a feathered headaddress, represented by pulling the thumb and index finger around the right side of the head. Then the woman showed the participants the sign Native Americans use to describe themselves, rubbing her skin with an "S" hand shape, which represents the pride of their skin color and their culture.
"Ever since then, I have taught my students those signs because it is important for them to see all
different kinds of signs," Brown-Kurz said.
However, people also need to be able to interpret what deaf people are trying to sign, Brown-Kurz said. She teaches all the signs for ethnic groups and informs her students which ones are considered politically correct.
Professor Sally Roberts teaches an introduction to ASL class at the University, and while she doesn't believe the old signs are offensive, she does use the modern terms out of respect. Like Brown-Kurz, she teaches all signs "in case they encounter older people who use the old signs," she said.
Indeed, old habits can die hard. As a student teacher at the Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, Curry said he was stunned to see some staff and students using old signs for Japan and China.
awareness, as deaf communities here in the Midwest aren't tightly connected to those in the East or West." he said.
Nancy Schultz, teacher at the Kansas School for the Deaf, said there was no written policy at the school concerning politically correct signage, but the teachers have made the switch to the more appropriate signs.
On rare occasions, she said she had witnessed some older students using the old signs in a derogatory manner when they were mad at another student, just as a speaking person might use a racial slur.
Higher institutions of learning aren't immune to outdated sign language either.
When Curry attended Arizona State University, he said he was shocked to see a professor use the slanted eye sign to refer to a
"It doesn't happen often," she said.
Chinese person.
Sometimes regional signs emerge for different groups, just as there are regional accents among those who can hear.
Curry said it was still common for Mexico to be signed by bringing a finger across the cheek, representing a moustache. But when he lived in California, the accepted sign was pulling your hands down from your shoulders and across your chest — the sign for a poncho.
Regardless of which sign is used for which country, the general consensus in the deaf community and those closely associated with it is that the traditional signs weren't meant to be racist.
"Deaf people are very visual," Schartz said. "They looked at the shapes of things. A lot the signs were classified in the respect of whatever they were looking at."
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