Keeler, John

Born in Dublin in 1970, John Keeler was diagnosed with diabetes on 15 May 1975.
He went to the BDA's (British Diabetes Association, now Diabetes UK) Youth Diabetic Weekend in 1996, and since then he became more involved with people with diabetes. He has facilitated many small groups both in Ireland and England, has been involved in the setting up of Ireland's young person's groups, counselled people with the condition, and has been a voluntary leader on many children's and teenager's diabetic camps.
John edited Identity (the magazine of the DFI [Diabetes Federation of Ireland]), now ca...