LADA: Your Questions, Real Answers

Living with LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes in adults) can come with a lot of questions—especially when the path to the right diagnosis isn’t always straightforward.

Join DiabetesSisters for Your Questions, Real Answers, featuring Ashlyn Smith, PA-C, DipACLM, BC-ADM, alongside women with lived LADA experience, including Jennifer Stanton and CJ Walker.

Together, we’ll explore what LADA is, why this slowly progressing form of autoimmune diabetes is often initially diagnosed as type 2 diabetes, and what women may experience as their insulin needs and diabetes management change over time.

In this session, you will:

• Better understand LADA and diagnosis, including how LADA differs from type 2 diabetes and more rapidly progressing type 1 diabetes, why misdiagnosis can happen
• Learn what LADA management can look like over time, including changing insulin needs, medications, blood glucose management, and questions to discuss with your healthcare team.
• Hear directly from women living with LADA about diagnosis, adjusting to insulin, navigating the healthcare system, and the day-to-day realities of living with a less commonly understood type of diabetes.
• Ask your own LADA questions live and hear practical guidance from a diabetes expert alongside the perspective of women who have lived through many of the same questions and challenges.

Whether you’ve been newly diagnosed with LADA, were previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, have been living with LADA for years, or are simply looking for a community that understands, bring your questions.

You’ll leave with a better understanding of LADA—and the reminder that you don’t have to navigate it alone.