Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults ( LADA ) is extremely similar to both Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes : although the disease is autoimmune , insulin resistance accompanies the disease as it does Type 2 diabetes . Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adults ( LADA ) , also known as , Diabetes Type 1.5 , is a term coined by Tuomi et al . in 1993 ( Diabetes 42:359 -362 ) to describe slow-onset Type 1 autoimmune diabetes in adults . The Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus ( Diabetes Care , Volume 30 , Supplement 1 , January 2007 ) does not recognize the term LADA ; rather , the Expert Committee includes LADA in the definition of Type 1 autoimmune diabetes ( â Type 1 diabetes results from a cellular-mediated autoimmune destruction of the beta-cells of the pancreas .