Just Like You: Living With Health Conditions

Episode 1 - Diabetes

Just Like You – Diabetes is an award-winning short documentary that offers an intimate look into the daily lives of four children living with Type 1 diabetes, alongside their closest friends and supporters.

Through honest, age-appropriate storytelling, the film explores what it feels like to manage blood sugar checks, insulin injections, food decisions, and the constant vigilance diabetes requires—while also highlighting humor, resilience, friendship, and normal childhood moments. By centering the voices of children themselves, the film helps viewers understand that diabetes is part of life, but not the definition of who these kids are.

Sierra Adams, Jack Bichelmeyer, Garrett Brown, and Grace Chisholm share their personal experiences navigating school, sports, sleepovers, and social situations with diabetes, supported by their friends Zenia Amrolia, Peter McLiney, Kirby Motsinger, and Jake Smith. Their relationships illustrate how understanding and inclusion grow through honesty, trust, and shared experience.

With insight from diabetes advocate and former Miss America Nicole Johnson, JDRF National Director, and Baseball Hall of Famer George Brett, the film provides context and education while keeping the focus where it belongs: on real kids living real lives. Their perspectives help demystify Type 1 diabetes and reinforce the importance of community support.

The film helps viewers better understand diabetes in everyday settings such as school, home, athletics, and social environments. It is designed to reduce fear, build empathy, and create space for more informed and compassionate conversations among peers, educators, healthcare providers, and families.

What began as a single film quickly demonstrated its impact. As the tenth film produced by Just Like You Films, Just Like You – Diabetes has been used widely as an educational and empathy-building tool, supporting global efforts—alongside partners like JDRF—to foster understanding and acceptance through storytelling.

Episode 2 - Cancer

Just Like You - Cancer is an award-winning short documentary that follows three young people living with cancer as they share what it’s really like to navigate illness—not just physically, but emotionally and socially.

Through honest, age-appropriate storytelling, Hope, Bryndon, and Carrie speak directly to the camera about hair loss, nausea, exhaustion, changes in weight, and increased vulnerability to illness. They explain these experiences with straightforward candor and even moments of humor, offering insight that only kids going through cancer themselves can provide.

The film helps viewers better understand the challenges young people with cancer face at school, at home, and in everyday life. It is designed to reduce fear, build empathy, and create space for more compassionate conversations among peers, educators, healthcare providers, and families.

What began as a single project quickly demonstrated its impact. By centering the voices of young people themselves, the film became part of a growing body of work dedicated to fostering understanding, inclusion, and empathy through storytelling