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To adapt to disability, the community needs to change, not the child
'Instead of thinking about how individual capacity... resides in an individual, what about how everything outside an individual facilitates that person's interactions?'
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Shut your eyes. This art is about sound, touch and mutual support
'People ask me when did I lose my vision? I never thought of it as a loss.'
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Son's mysterious disorder leaves dad feeling 'adrift'
'We don't really fit anywhere, and we haven't found our community.'
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Disabled parents can teach other moms and dads a thing or two
'A lot of non-disabled parents are always moving and busy and distracted. I appreciate my stillness as a parent.'
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Supporting autistic children and teens to live their best lives
Celebrating the rainbow of neurodiversity at Holland Bloorview as we wrap up World Autism Month
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A mask doesn't belong in a film about courage to be who you are
I read R. J. Palacio's book Wonder—about a boy called Auggie with a craniofacial condition that elicits stares and fear—back in 2012....
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Kenyan moms sew a better life for kids
Photos by Chelsea DeeIn 2013, BLOOM covered a unique sewing project in Maai Mahiu, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, that was changing the liv...
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This bereaved mom lives with no regrets
When her son Jordan was 10 days old, doctors told CherylRunstedler he was going to die. Jordan was born at 24 weeks weighing one-and-a-ha...
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The trouble with rehab 'miracles?' They ignore luck
BLOOM is always looking for parents and professionals to write for us or be interviewed. This piece by occupational therapist Veronika Lu...
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Two moms, one ill baby, and the best care
My dear friend Janis Purdy is speaking today on a SickKids panel celebrating PRIDE week. Here she writes about parenting a child who was ...
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