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By Louise Kinross

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Here are some quotes to pull you into the content:

-From a Holland Bloorview nurse practitioner on what can be a three-year wait for young adults to find a family doctor: “They'll often reach out to me, and I have to do a lot of complex service coordination on their behalf…” (See Health Equity).

-From a SickKids complex-care doctor responding to a parent who had an ER doctor suggest that pneumonia in her child not be treated: “A minority of clinicians, but unfortunately not a trivial one, may hold beliefs that individuals with a neurodisability and lots of medical issues need to be palliated.” (See Clinical Care)

-From the author of a children’s book about a boy who hides his new prosthetic leg under a ninja costume: “I think Ninja Nate can help disabled children of colour through its mere existence. ‘There's someone who looks like me going through what I'm going through. I'm not the only one.'” (See Book Shelf)

-From a parent who found public health messages about congenital disabilities blaming: “The March of Dimes' logo uses the tagline Healthy Moms, Strong Babies, even though most birth defects have no known cause.  If healthy moms mean strong babies, do unhealthy moms cause weak or compromised babies?” (See Parent Talk) 

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