Our Vision for a Centre for Excellence in Childhood Disability

We dare to do what’s never been done before.

Every child deserves to feel included, supported and seen. Now more than ever, it’s critical to create meaningful futures for kids with disabilities:

• An estimated 850,000 children and youth in Canada have a disability
• Pediatric rehabilitation hospitals receive just 1% of hospital philanthropic funding in Canada
• 240 million children worldwide have a disability

Now is the time to build the inclusive world all kids deserve — where they can get the care they need to live their very best lives.

Our Centre will transform disability care through three core pillars:

"Holland Bloorview was one of the first places I could go to where I could hear somebody say my chosen name and hear someone say my pronouns. It was just a really validating experience. They do try and make everybody feel included when they go there." – Jay Baldwin, Holland Bloorview ambassador and former client.

We can’t do this work alone. With your support, together we can:

• Make care more accessible
• Bring research to kids faster
• Build global capacity
• Promote positive health outcomes
• Champion disability inclusion