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Designs make wheelchairs a work of art
Izzy Wheels is a business that sells designer spoke guards created by Irish sisters Ailbhe and Izzy Keane. Izzy uses a wheelchair. Growin...
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Kenyan moms sew a better life for kids
Photos by Chelsea DeeIn 2013, BLOOM covered a unique sewing project in Maai Mahiu, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, that was changing the liv...
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Like gender, ability is more fluid than we think
I was at a fabulous workshop at Holland Bloorview yesterday on how to create places that include and respect people who are lesbian, gay,...
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Mindfulness cuts parental stress, depression
What would best support parents of adult children with developmental disabilities who've left school and fall into a black-hole of servic...
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Mom writes book to help kids talk about differences
“This is me,” Sheriauna said proudly when she saw the book her mom Sherylee Honeyghan had published. The cover is of a young black gi...
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'We don't want to be held on leashes'
By Jadine BaldwinAs a 17-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy, every day I encounter teens with a variety of abilities and disabilities. ...
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'I was raising him on my own'
Here is the second video in A Family Like Mine, a new BLOOM series covering diverse families raising children with disabilities. Meet Jos...
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I wish I'd seen the beauty of sign language years ago
Last night was fun. I got to tell a story in American Sign Language (ASL) about a funny incident that happened when I was a teen. I was d...
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More than meets the eye
By Sue RobinsThere's been a tropical storm on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i and the one-lane bridge to the North Shore is washed out.We'r...
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Parent, advocate takes on role at London's Children's Hospital
“It's a dream job,” Darren Connolly says, and it's a world away from the bank call centre where he once worked. Darren is the new fam...
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