News on Sonia Sotomayor and Type 1 Diabetes
News stories on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who may become the first Supreme Court justice with Type 1 Diabetes. For the latest news, go to the Today's News folder.
Judge Sotomayor Knows About Learning Disabilities
From the Wrightslaw Way: "As we watched the confirmation hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, Pete said: 'In the Bartlett case, Judge Sotomayor wrote the best description of learning disabilities that I've ever read in a legal decision. She got it!'" (7/15/09)
From the Wrightslaw Way: "As we watched the confirmation hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, Pete said: 'In the Bartlett case, Judge Sotomayor wrote the best description of learning disabilities that I've ever read in a legal decision. She got it!'" (7/15/09)
Sotomayor manages diabetes well, friends say
From Disability News: "Friends, colleagues and her physician say Judge Sonia Sotomayor is managing her diabetes effectively, with a no-nonsense attitude and attention to detail that have characterized her legal opinions. Sotomayor has been nominated to serve on the Supreme Court." (7/14/09)
From Disability News: "Friends, colleagues and her physician say Judge Sonia Sotomayor is managing her diabetes effectively, with a no-nonsense attitude and attention to detail that have characterized her legal opinions. Sotomayor has been nominated to serve on the Supreme Court." (7/14/09)
Disability coalition endorses Sotomayor
From Disability News: "The letter cited Sotomayor's “extensive experience in, and careful approach to, deciding disability rights cases, as well as her life experience managing diabetes." (7/9/09)
From Disability News: "The letter cited Sotomayor's “extensive experience in, and careful approach to, deciding disability rights cases, as well as her life experience managing diabetes." (7/9/09)
Disability Law Professors Support Sotomayor
From JFActivist: "As professors of Disability Law, Disability Rights Law, and Special Education Law from across the country, we write to express our support for the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for appointment to the United States Supreme Court." (7/9/09)
From JFActivist: "As professors of Disability Law, Disability Rights Law, and Special Education Law from across the country, we write to express our support for the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for appointment to the United States Supreme Court." (7/9/09)
Five Things You About Judge Sonia Sotomayor and Disability Rights
From JF Activist: "As a judge on both the district court and circuit court, she has demonstrated that she recognizes the importance of Congress's role in enacting major disability rights laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)." (7/3/09)
From JF Activist: "As a judge on both the district court and circuit court, she has demonstrated that she recognizes the importance of Congress's role in enacting major disability rights laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)." (7/3/09)
Examining Sotomayor’s record on special education
From Disability News: "In Frank G. v. Board of Education of Hyde Park (2006), Sotomayor joined a unanimous ruling that found a family could be reimbursed for private school tuition for a child with learning disabilities even if the child never received such services from the public district." (6/13/09)
From Disability News: "In Frank G. v. Board of Education of Hyde Park (2006), Sotomayor joined a unanimous ruling that found a family could be reimbursed for private school tuition for a child with learning disabilities even if the child never received such services from the public district." (6/13/09)
Sotomayor's Record Increasingly Positive in Disability Cases
From JFActivist: "As disability policy researchers dig deeper and deeper into the extensive record of Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, her rulings are increasingly interesting and exciting for the disability community." (6/12/09)
From JFActivist: "As disability policy researchers dig deeper and deeper into the extensive record of Supreme Court Nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, her rulings are increasingly interesting and exciting for the disability community." (6/12/09)
Sotomayor coverage reveals myths about diabetes, experts say
From Disability News: "Medical experts say media coverage of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor demonstrates some widely held public misperceptions about diabetes. Among the most common myths: that people with diabetes are too sickly to work, have difficulty managing their medications, and should not be able to reproduce." (6/9/09)
From Disability News: "Medical experts say media coverage of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor demonstrates some widely held public misperceptions about diabetes. Among the most common myths: that people with diabetes are too sickly to work, have difficulty managing their medications, and should not be able to reproduce." (6/9/09)
Diabetes shouldn't affect Sotomayor's ability to serve on Supreme Cour
From the LA Times: "The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in New York says that the disease shaves an average of seven to 10 years off of a patient's life, but experts said Wednesday that patients like Sotomayor who manage their disease well can expect to live as long -- and work as hard -- as healthy Americans." (5/28/09)
From the LA Times: "The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in New York says that the disease shaves an average of seven to 10 years off of a patient's life, but experts said Wednesday that patients like Sotomayor who manage their disease well can expect to live as long -- and work as hard -- as healthy Americans." (5/28/09)
High Court Nominee Appears Favorable, Disability Advocates Say
From Disability Scoop: 'Disability advocates are encouraged by President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, saying that the current appeals court judge's rulings show an understanding of disability and the rights of people who have disabilities." (5/28/09)
From Disability Scoop: 'Disability advocates are encouraged by President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, saying that the current appeals court judge's rulings show an understanding of disability and the rights of people who have disabilities." (5/28/09)
Judge Sotomayor's Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength
From The Nation: "But Sotomayor's most important service as a role model may be as a Type 1 diabetic -- someone who has, since the age of eight, had to deal with what has variously been referred to as 'childhood', 'juvenile' or 'insulin-dependent' diabetes." (5/28/09)
From The Nation: "But Sotomayor's most important service as a role model may be as a Type 1 diabetic -- someone who has, since the age of eight, had to deal with what has variously been referred to as 'childhood', 'juvenile' or 'insulin-dependent' diabetes." (5/28/09)
Judge Sotomayor, Type I Diabetes and Responsibility
From About.com Patient Empowerment: "That means she has managed her diabetes for almost four decades, a remarkable accomplishment all by itself for a diagnosis that might have cut her life short had she been born as few as 10 or 20 years earlier." (5/28/09)
From About.com Patient Empowerment: "That means she has managed her diabetes for almost four decades, a remarkable accomplishment all by itself for a diagnosis that might have cut her life short had she been born as few as 10 or 20 years earlier." (5/28/09)
Diabetes groups hail Obama court pick
From AFP: "The American Diabetes Association said in a statement that her nomination showed how 'each person with diabetes should be judged based on his or her merits, not on stereotypes or misinformation about diabetes.'" (5/27/09)
From AFP: "The American Diabetes Association said in a statement that her nomination showed how 'each person with diabetes should be judged based on his or her merits, not on stereotypes or misinformation about diabetes.'" (5/27/09)
Obama Nominates Sotomayor for Supreme Court
JFActivist gathers Press Releases, News Reports, and community reactions to the announcement of Sonia Sotomayor as President Obama's nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. (5/27/09)
JFActivist gathers Press Releases, News Reports, and community reactions to the announcement of Sonia Sotomayor as President Obama's nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. (5/27/09)
Don't Worry About Sonia Sotomayor's Diabetes
From Newsweek: "While Sotomayor's condition may lead to complications that force her to retire after twenty years of hard work on the court, there's also the chance that if appointed, she could be hit by a bus on her second day and be forced to retire then." (5/27/09)
From Newsweek: "While Sotomayor's condition may lead to complications that force her to retire after twenty years of hard work on the court, there's also the chance that if appointed, she could be hit by a bus on her second day and be forced to retire then." (5/27/09)
Sotomayor's Diabetes: Will It Be a Handicap?
From Time: "The nominee's chronic condition is worth noting, since it puts her at increased risk of several serious medical conditions, including heart disease, kidney problems, blindness and nerve damage -- and an increased risk of early death." (5/27/09)
From Time: "The nominee's chronic condition is worth noting, since it puts her at increased risk of several serious medical conditions, including heart disease, kidney problems, blindness and nerve damage -- and an increased risk of early death." (5/27/09)
Sotomayor's Diabetes -- Our "Teachable Moment"
From Diabetes Mine: "A huge day for Type 1 diabetes in the news! Which immediately spurred renewed buzz among the diabetes community about how the mainstream media 'just can't get diabetes right.'" (5/27/09)
From Diabetes Mine: "A huge day for Type 1 diabetes in the news! Which immediately spurred renewed buzz among the diabetes community about how the mainstream media 'just can't get diabetes right.'" (5/27/09)
Sotomayor nomination renews discussion of diabetes
From Disability News: "Sotomayo's diabetes prompted renewed discussion among internet commentators about whether her health status should be considered when assessing her suitability for the high court post." (5/27/09)
From Disability News: "Sotomayo's diabetes prompted renewed discussion among internet commentators about whether her health status should be considered when assessing her suitability for the high court post." (5/27/09)
Sotomayor’s diabetes prompts debate
From Disability News: "Sam Stein writes in the Huffington Post that questions about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is among the frontrunners for a Supreme Court nomination, have sparked a broader debate about the appropriateness of vetting potential political nominees for medical conditions. Sotomayor has Type One diabetes." (5/15/09)
From Disability News: "Sam Stein writes in the Huffington Post that questions about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is among the frontrunners for a Supreme Court nomination, have sparked a broader debate about the appropriateness of vetting potential political nominees for medical conditions. Sotomayor has Type One diabetes." (5/15/09)