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Parenting as a grandmother: 'You're so much wiser'
At age 63, Marna-Rose Minett has raised two children. Now she's raising a third—her granddaughter Rayne, 7, who has cerebral palsy and...
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Time for a parenting reality check
It's so easy to look from the outside of someone's life and make assumptions about how they're doing. In the last 24 hours, I read a coup...
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Payal sees children's rehab from a newcomer perspective
Seven years ago, Payal Khazanchi and her family immigrated to Canada from Oman. At age five, Payal's daughter Aakanksha was diagnosed wit...
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Foundation helps disabled students 'just like me'
After a skiing accident that injured her spine and shoulder, Tamara (Tammy) Gordon had to learn to write with her opposite hand and get a...
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Why home nursing is not respite for one mom
By Marcy WhiteIt looks good on paper.After a year in hospital with machines helping him breathe and tubes sucking out mucous that clogs h...
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'My visits are seldom welcome:' Life as a geneticist
A few years ago we ran a post called 'Everytime I see her I feel guilt.' It was about an article in the American Journal of Medical Genet...
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What does a 'blind' photographer see?
When Mark Nicol was a kid he picked up his dad's camera a couple of times but was frustrated because he couldn't see through the viewfind...
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BLOOM media round-up
Last week we posted Ho, ho, humbug about how toy shopping can be a difficult time for parents whose children have disabilities.Every year...
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Employment Pathways is a winning program for youth with disabilities, employers and colleagues
Funding from the RBC Foundation in support of RBC Future Launch supports Holland Bloorview’s unique three-part program to help youth with disabilities find and succeed at work.
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Enhancing Access to More Timely Autism Diagnoses for Families
Researchers find that pediatricians in rural communities regularly providing diagnoses: study
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