The Cincinnati Bengals’ Orlando Brown, Jr. is a Breakthrough T1D Ambassador and Advocate. Orlando’s commitment to type 1 diabetes (T1D) advocacy stems from his family’s journey with the disease. It began with his grandmother’s diagnosis of T1D, followed by the devastating loss of his father, NFL player Orlando Brown, Sr., to diabetic ketoacidosis, a serious diabetes complication. His younger brother’s T1D diagnosis at just 11 years old fueled Orlando’s determination to advocate for more research, more education, and wider access to diabetes technologies and therapies that make life easier and safer for the more than 1.6 million Americans living with T1D.
Knowledge is power, and I’m sharing my family’s story to educate and inspire others who are living with type 1 diabetes.”
Widespread awareness brings us closer to advancing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) until it is a condition of the past. Visit our Diabetes Awareness Month page to learn more about how you can get involved.
