Why Chrissy Teigen is Public About Her Son’s Type 1 Journey

Chrissy Teigen Shares 6-Year-Old’s Type 1 Diabetes: Raising Awareness and Support

Chrissy Teigen’s reasoning for her willingness to have such a frank discussion about her six-year-old son’s Type 1 diabetes diagnosis has many motivations, but at the source, it comes from a very personal combination of motivations along with this person’s wish to use a very significant public platform for some good. In talking about their experiences, Teigen hopes to raise awareness around the condition, increase its understanding, and create community for those navigating the complexities of this chronic condition with her family.

To begin with, and of course, it has to do with parental love and with the almost innate desire to defend and fight for one’s child. No doubt when one gets to see a really little child have to deal every day, for their whole life, with an ailment like Type 1 diabetes, it is extremely hard on parents. Talking about it gives her a chance to figure out how she feels, what other parents go through who might be going through a similar experience, and what she can learn from them. Publicly sharing the family’s “chaos” and the huge learning curve their family experienced when Miles was diagnosed brings humanity to the experience and reminds others that they are not alone in their struggles.

Hence, with her celebrity influence, Teigen has a tremendous platform to be vocal about educating the public on Type 1 diabetes. There are so many misconceptions regarding the condition, which has led many people to make unwarranted judgments and believe that the disease cannot be managed. Teigen has added a misconception – that Type 1 diabetes is caused by diet – to the list of myths to dispel by talking about Miles’s treatment. The autoimmune nature of the disease and the fact that it requires insulin therapy can be added along with myths that need to be busted through public education on Type 1 diabetes in order to develop empathy and support for people and families living with it.

Much more so, visibility can also go a long way in normalizing the everyday experience of the large realities around managing Type 1 diabetes. While posting images of Miles donning his continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and sharing their stories from taking an insulin shot and blood sugar check, she causes a stigma-free and direct experience. The experience can be even more influential for many other children with Type 1 diabetes to feel understood and seen and for their families to feel that they have others walking the same path as themselves.

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It would not just be awareness; Teigen could also inspire her true fans to action. She has already partnered with organizations like Sanofi for a “Screen for Type 1” campaign, which campaigns for early screening of the disease. Mikey’s experience occurred at the hospital for something entirely different and emphasizes the need for pre-emptive tests. Allow families to prepare, in time, with information about the disease, their support system, and possibly all the complications that may make it life-threatening or unmanageable.

Meanwhile, the good and bad things about living with Type 1 are going to be a community builder, because that eagerly kept in sight, through Teigen’s web platforms, arenas where people may come to read about each other, lend advice, and exchange or search for emotional support.

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