BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Food, film and adventure are on Julian's to-do list
Julian relies on two “support friends” to hang out at restaurants, go to events, and volunteer.
Let's play 20 questions
By Cheryl PetersLast week with my daughter Jillian at my side a store clerk asked: "Can I ask what's wrong with her?" Seems like an hones...
They are us
Last year I heard Dr. Paul Browde speak about how marginalized people are often reduced to one story, one stereotype, one dimension.Browd...
Where everybody knows your name
Ben's done an amazing co-op program at Variety Village this year. He works at the club two to three days a week, cleaning equipment in th...
'Why do you love Jacob more than us?'
The Boy Who Can is a story about my friend Marcy White's perseverance, creativity and courage in the face of her son Jacob's life-threate...
Chronic pain on campus: 'It's a silent, daily battle'
Judy Sookehan Woo is a part-time student studying sociology, linguistics and women's studies at a university in Western Canada. Judy has ...
A children's rehab doc says goodbye at age 18
In children's rehab, unlike in acute-care, kids and familiesdevelop long-term relationships with clinicians. Dr. GoldaMilo-Manson, a deve...
Parents at centre of online training to bring Zoey Faith home
Home.It's Thunder Bay, and it's where Amanda Mintenko has always wanted to care for her 15-month-old daughter Zoey Faith—along with bro...
'I loved my grief because that was my brother'
Family Life by Akhil Sharma is a semi-autobiographical novel about a family's journey to two new worlds.In 1978 the Mishra family from De...
'Disability was home:' From big sister to anthropologist
By Liz LewisThere's an old adage among anthropologists that you have to spend time in another culture to truly understand your own.As an ...
What does IQ have to do with happiness?
I'm a little stumped.I read this piece called Genetic screening to enhance IQ should be embraced in The Conversation. In it, an ethicist ...
Pagination
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