From the author of the article, Dr. Heather Ferris, who gave permission for the following points to be shared:

That column in the post is very size constrained and has a very specific format- I would have loved to expand on some areas. Second- this is really written to educate those without diabetes about the disease. A lot of the subtext, which was more explicit but edited out, is that everyone’s diabetes is different. People with diabetes get a lot of blame and unsolicited advice, but each person has their own way of managing their disease and we should accept that.