WASHINGTON – With billions of dollars in diabetes research on the line, a 12-year-old from Central Florida is headed to the nation’s capitol to tell her story. "Because we're so close to a cure,” Goodowens said. A similar effort from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation happens every two years to renew funding for the Special Diabetes Program (SDP). Scott is one of 68 senators and 378 House members offering support to the first five-year extension of the Special Diabetes Program. A bill to renew SDP for five years was approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee one week after the hearing.

WINTER PARK, Fla. – Claire Goodowens is a swimmer, student, photographer and child living with Type 1 diabetes. News 6 first introduced you to the 12-year-old in 2018, when she was the youngest artist ever to be featured in the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival. [PREVIOUS: 11-year-old artist will showcase work in Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival | 11-year-old artist displays photos during Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival]“It sort of happened in slow motion,” Samantha Goodowens said. A recent JAMA Internal Medicine report showed 1 in 4 people living with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes admitted to rationing their insulin. Claire Goodowens, a 12-year-old girl living with Type 1 Diabetes, stands along Rep. Val Demings as she fights for lower insulin prices.