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October 30, 2014

By Emily Urquhart My three-year-old daughter, Sadie, was getting her hair cut at a new salon. This would be enough to set any parent on e...

October 29, 2014

By Anna PennerAs the youngest child in our family, I grew up accepting my brother Daniel's differences as a given. I don't remember Danie...

October 28, 2014

By Julie M. GreenWhatdoes indie music have to do with children with special needs? Toronto singer/songwriter HaydenDesser and his wife Ch...

October 12, 2014

By Sandra Joy SteinThenote announcing picture day came home in my son's school folder.“Wow,”I thought. “Look how far we've come.”...

October 27, 2014

Stephen Dustan is a 23-year-old rehab services student doing a placement at Holland Bloorview. He works with life-skills coach Sarah Keen...

October 24, 2014

I met this amazing woman Helen Hoens (left) on Wednesday night. A year ago she stepped down as New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice, sa...

October 17, 2014

Here Dr. Brian Goldman describes a "slow code" or "Hollywood code," when doctors are slow to respond to a "code blue" that signals a pati...

November 3, 2014

Happy Monday!Looking for a read that will make you think? Check out the disability and parenting stories we've collected in the last week...

November 27, 2014

Next Wednesday is International Day of Persons with Disabilities.We're marking the occasion with an interview with Pia Pearce, mom to Kev...

November 11, 2014

Several years ago Chris Beesley wrote a BLOOM piece about how raising his son Mitchell, who has Fragile X and autism, had changed his lif...