# Permanent National Parks Pass for diabetics

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/permanent-national-parks-pass-for-diabetics/713>\
**Category:** D-News\
**Created:** [May 3, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/permanent-national-parks-pass-for-diabetics/713 "2017-05-03T13:35:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/permanent-national-parks-pass-for-diabetics/713/17 "2017-05-03T21:20:30Z")

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One of the cool things my parents did for me when I was growing up as a T1D was never letting me know it. No special privileges and no special restrictions. On Halloween, I’d get extra insulin so I could eat some of the candy. (This backfired one time when I didn’t eat any…)

If you need a pass, get one and use it. Just like a handicap parking sticker for a car. Nobody would fault someone for that.

But if you don’t need it - if diabetes is not a disability for you, then getting one will only start to reinforce the idea that diabetes is a disability. And I think that is an unfortunate thing to do for the sake of saving a few bucks to get into a park.

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