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thoughts that live in the hole in my brain
LexinZhang is a 17-year-old student participating in Holland Bloorview's Youth@Work program.This is a poem she wrote about having cerebra...
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How 'I became more than the kid in the wheelchair'
Max Setka, 21, is in his second year studying journalism and history at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont. Max has a long history wit...
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'I love it if someone needs help and I can help'
If you're a parent staying at Holland Bloorview with your child, chances are you know Berthe Nabico. Berthe has been a housekeeper here f...
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'It was the greatest gig ever:' Bloorview teacher Shelley Neal
After 32 years as a teacher-librarian, Shelley Neal's life has come first circle. “When I was a little girl in public school I remember...
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What I consider when writing about my son
By Kari Wagner-PeckMy book Not Always Happy: An Unusual Parenting Journey comes out on May 16. Yes—I'm one of those people who finds th...
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How to rock Miami Beach in a power wheelchair
In February, Maria Tassou did something she'd never done before. She flew to Miami Beach with a friend to hang out at the ocean. Maria, w...
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This teen is making a name for herself on the track and screen
Holland Bloorview 'helped me connect with other amputees and helped me make a difference in the world. They helped me be so much more confident in myself.'
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COVID-19 focus should be building intensive-care capacity, not 'who comes first' lists, ethicist says
Pandemic plans exclude people with certain disabilities from being triaged for a ventilator. COVID-19 efforts need to focus on creative ways to build our supply of ventilators and other intensive-care resources, not devising 'who comes first' lists, a Canadian ethicist says.
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Listening to a band or hosting a tea party makes therapy more fun
Carling Robertson (right) is an occupational therapist assistant at Holland Bloorview. She works with children with brain injury and youth preparing for employment. After doing an undergraduate degree in kinesiology, Carling changed course and began working for a trucking company. “I remember the…
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Poetry 'is a type of magic' for me
Nikoletta Erdelyi is a project coordinator at York University who works with academic advisors in all faculties to improve the way they support students.
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