Service alert

Due to scheduled maintenance on the hospital’s telephone system, inbound calls to the main hospital number will be impacted on Friday, Feb. 13, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. For urgent needs during this time, please call the emergency backup line: 416-467-7111.

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For Kate
Julie Drury has written a number of times for BLOOM about raising her daughter Kate, who had a rare mitochondrial disorder. Most recently...
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'Getting a diagnosis has changed our world'
By Keith McArthurLaura took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to call the neurology clinic.Families of sick children were suppose...
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LIGHTS spurs families to take action on housing
LIGHTS is a Toronto program that brings together families of young adults with intellectual disabilities to help them plan creative housi...
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Making a tree is as fun as buying one, and more kid-friendly
Susan Cosgrove's two-year-old son has autism and isn't ready for a real Christmas tree this year. "It was a safety issue as far as him pu...
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My dad was disabled, and cooler than most
Earlier this month Bill Peace, a visiting professor at Syracuse University, disability advocate and author of the blog Bad Cripple, poste...
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NHS failed to probe unexpected deaths in disabled patients
Earlier this year I hung up the phone with Sara Ryan, mom to Connor Sparrowhawk (above right) an 18-year-old with autism and an intellect...
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Program gets kids of all abilities up and active
Igniting Fitness Possibilities (IFP) is a Holland Bloorview program designed to get kids of all abilities active in fitness and sports. I...
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Putting autism risks in context
Sigh.It's too bad this illustration that ran with a piece in theNew York Times' Motherlode column about antidepressant use duringpregnanc...
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The blame game: It's got to go
Yesterday we ran a beautiful piece by Keith McArthur, about his family's nine-year search to get a genetic diagnosis for his son Bryson.W...
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'Travelling, side by side, through these villages of grief'
Charlotte Schwartz (above right) holds Isaiah, 4, with husband Seth and Rivers. Isaiah has a rare metabolic disease called Galactosemia, ...
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