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WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) -

Type 1diabetes is an autoimmune disease that can strike suddenly. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is working toward finding a cure, to help boys like Josh Dinkle.

Dinkle looked like any other little boy. But by age 13, he started displaying symptoms thatturned out to be type 1diabetes.

"It's so much more than people realize," Dinkle's mother Kim said.

Everything he drinks, eats and even emotescan cause his blood levels to crash.Like any good parent, Kim Dinkle monitorsher son's blood levels. She calls it a full-time job.

"You can't have a day off, a moment off. You check every moment what's going on with your blood sugar," she explained.

Each year, 40,000 Americans are diagnosed with type 1. The national non-profit group JDRFis on the front lines in the battle, and itsbig fundraiser is the "One Walk" event. The Wichita walk draws thousands, and raiseseven more.

Those donations translate into breakthroughs, according to organizerDe White."There was a time type 1was a death sentence. Now we are looking for our children to have a life sentence," White said.

With that in mind, KAKE'spartners at Wins for Kansas want to help. DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers provided a $500 grant, "to turn type 1e into type none."

If you'd like to register for the One Walk on Saturday, April 1, it's not too late. Click on this link for details.

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