Here's a great, simple yet informative description of LADA that I found on the Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association web site. Thanks to Dr. Sheri Colberg!
Type 1.5, or LADA (Adult-Onset Type 1)
If you have LADA (latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult), sometimes called type 1.5 or slow-onset type 1, you still have a form of type 1 diabetes and will be insulin requiring at some point. Over h…