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Yoel Simcha enjoys playing hockey, board games, making up jokes, and spending time with friends

There are treatments to try and relieve AD, but there is no cure

There is no cure for Crohn’s, but the disease can be kept under control with diet and medications and sometimes surgery

“You can be happy even if you’re different, and you can still experience incredible simchas chayim even if you’re not perfectly healthy”

Kids with type 1 diabetes monitor their blood sugar with finger-pricks and a tiny device (glucometer)