For parents of a Type 1 diabetes patient, a diagnosis of the chronic autoimmune disease for their child can come as a shock.

Usher can identify. The award-winning singer, songwriter and actor recalls feeling “blindsided” upon first getting the news that his child had Type 1 diabetes, and says knowing about the possibility sooner probably would have helped him better ease his 6-year-old into the process of dealing with the condition.

“Even though I don’t live with diabetes, I do live with diabetes because there is not a waking moment in a day that I am not thinking about my child and making certain that they are OK, and that they are healthy, and that their choices and decisions are going to help them to have a very healthy life,” Usher told U.S. News in a recent interview.

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The Grammy winner and recent Super Bowl halftime performer is drawing upon his parental experience to serve as a spokesman for the 1 Pledge Campaign. The initiative from pharmaceutical giant Sanofi seeks to raise awareness about the use of early antibody testing for Type 1 diabetes – in which a person’s pancreas........

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