Rob Palmer: Dancing Star and Diabetes Hero
Rob Palmer has won the exciting Grand Finale of Dancing with the Stars, and the type 1 diabetes community is abuzz with the news.
Rob has had type 1 diabetes since he was 7 years old, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation was delighted to be selected as Rob’s charity for the competition.
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