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Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Overwhelmed? Help for Ontario caregivers is a call away
A new help line for caregivers, including parents of children with disabilities, was launched by the Ontario Caregiver Organization last week. We interview Amy Coupal, CEO of the Ontario Caregiver
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Some parents bristle at the word 'caregiver.' New book explores how to grow with the role
'Caregiver' can be a loaded word for parents of kids with disabilities. The new book The Unexpected Journey of Caring explores why.
Ontario mom says home nursing has never been 'worse'
A U.S. news story this week paints a disturbing picture of home nurses who miss shifts and make medication and other errors while caring for children with complex medical needs. A Holland Bloorview
A child's brain injury has ripple effects on siblings. SibKit is a safe space to explore them
When a child suffers a brain injury through trauma or illness, his or her siblings can be shattered. SibKit is a new 50-page booklet designed at Holland Bloorview to give them help and hope.
'I have always sat in the in-between'
Mari Ramsawakh's identity can not be contained in simple boxes. Their film Fluid, which just won TVO's 2019 Short Doc Contest, makes that clear: 'I have always sat in the in-between.'
Bringing care as close as your phone
Holland Bloorview families who live a distance from the hospital are benefiting from convenient virtual visits with clinicians.
What's wrong with this picture?
When Jillian Peters learned her mom had to come with her Grade 6 class on a two-night trip, she didn't want to go. "She didn't want to be different than everyone else," says her mother Cheryl. We look
Check out October's BLOOM
The monthly BLOOM e-letter contains our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive. Check out new books and events for the whole
Around the world, brothers and sisters are no longer an afterthought in a disabled child's care
Anjet van Dijken advises the Dutch government and researchers on how to support siblings of children with disabilities. She came to visit Holland Bloorview to learn how we made brothers and sisters an
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