BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
How I found and built disability community
When 'it came to raising a disabled child, we didn’t know anyone in our circle who had gone through anything similar. So, I started building what we didn’t have.'
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
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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
Clinicians ask moms to co-design an education workshop on parenting a child with brain injury
Rebecca DiManno's life was turned upside down when her son suffered a stroke at a track and field event. Now she's sharing her experience to educate other families whose children have acquired brain
Diverse dolls help children 'appreciate who they are'
A British mother is launching a line of dolls with gender, ethnic and ability diversity.
After trauma, parents need space to 'fall apart emotionally'
Say the word ‘trauma’ among parents of kids with complex medical problems and disabilities, and the floodgates open.
Why do so many parents feel so inadequate?
In Happy Parents, Happy Kids, author Ann Douglas argues that many of the pressures facing parents today can't be relieved one family at a time. That's why broad changes are needed at a cultural and
Refugee claimant hits roadblocks getting disabled child's care
I'm delighted to introduce the latest in our A Family Like Mine video series. Meet Ola Atanda and her three kids: Bolu, 15, Abby, 7, and R...
When parent hopes and rehab truths clash
Sarah Davidson is an occupational therapist at Holland Bloorview. For 14 years she's worked with children with complex medical needs who ...
New parent sleeper chairs make hospital stays more restful
Holland Bloorview family leader Lies Ferriman was one of a group of parents who tested out the chairs, which pull into beds, at the facto...
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