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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
'Acceptance of, and pride in, being different needs to be a stronger theme in children's rehabilitation.'
Putting the onus on an individual to adapt to structural trauma is misguided, the authors of a new paper argue.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
'What matters to the patient is what inspires the change.'
'We need to lay the foundation to talk about self-care, emotional wellbeing and mental health, so parents can continue to care for their child and don't burn out.'
A study finds children's doctors can accurately diagnose autism and should be recruited instead of relying on specialist assessment teams alone.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Labels are 'hurting how we build health care for a lot of kids that have needs that cut across conditions.'
People with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than those without due to avoidable and unjust factors, according to a global report from the World Health Organization.
A new book tells the story of how a man helped his brother with Down syndrome recover from depression caused by pandemic isolation.
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