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Slip slidin' away
Yikes.The Canadian winter is treacherous for youth who use wheelchairs or walkers finds a Holland Bloorview study published in Disability...
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A veteran nurse heads our pandemic response: 'It gives me peace to know that we've put everything into place'
Cara Sudoma is infection control lead at Holland Bloorview. 'When I was young, I loved Nancy Drew. I could see that infection control was like solving a mystery.'
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'It's not what you see, but how you see it'
Earlier this month NPR interviewed amputee and palliative-care doctor BJ Miller about his new book 'A Beginner's Guide to the End.' We are republishing BLOOM's 2012 interview with BJ, about acquiring his disabilities as a young man.
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Law professor charts new path on disability rights
Dr. Laverne Jacobs is the first Canadian elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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'Do what you love'
By Megan JonesThis summer, 17-year-old Jeffrey Beausoleil (centre) will crawl through mud, scale eight-foot walls and jump over fire. The...
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A child's brain injury has ripple effects on siblings. SibKit is a safe space to explore them
When a child suffers a brain injury through trauma or illness, his or her siblings can be shattered. SibKit is a new 50-page booklet designed at Holland Bloorview to give them help and hope.
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Keisha supports teens, in part, by sharing her disability story
Keisha Goberdhan is a youth facilitator in Holland Bloorview's neuromotor clinic. She uses her own experience growing up with a disability to support teens who are getting ready for the adult world.
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Raising a disabled child erodes health in low-income mothers
'The health disparity between mothers of children with and without disabilities disappeared in families with higher incomes.'
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The balancing act: Children's rehab is about truth and hope
Dr. Anne Kawamura is a developmental pediatrician inHolland Bloorview's child development program, working with children withcerebral pal...
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QuickFlix: Can support workers be friends, too?
Holland Bloorview family leader Donna Cappelli discusses whether paid support workers can be considered friends of her son Julian, 15, wh...
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