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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.
For 37 years, Linda Buskin has been finding creative ways for children to communicate using a variety of technology and visual and auditory tools.
After training as a nurse, working for years in health admin, and advocating for her son with Down syndrome, Sue Robins was diagnosed with cancer. In a new book she calls for a return to the art and
Tight muscles caused Lexi to fall repeatedly and experience significant pain. A surgery at SickKids and rehab at Holland Bloorview have been life-changing, her mother Christine says.
From therapist to volunteers director to leadership coach, Doug Miron has a vibrant 32-year history at Holland Bloorview.
Minnesota's Star Tribune won national awards for a 2015 investigative series into how the state consigns adults with disabilities to sheltered workshops and remote group homes. We interview one of the
Parents of children with chronic conditions are 75 per cent more likely to have depression, and 40 per cent more likely to have anxiety, than parents of children without a chronic condition, a new
Dr. Alysha Ladha works with children who are hospitalized at Holland Bloorview after acquiring disabilities through trauma or illness.
An innovative program at Holland Bloorview brings youth with disabilities and local musicians together to jam and prepare for a rock concert.
Lindsay Burdis came to Holland Bloorview after her toddler Blake suffered a brain injury. A yoga class for parents helps her cope with the unfamiliar, and overwhelming, world of rehab.
In 2016, the Mills family adopted a six-year-old girl with spina bifida and kidney disease from China. This past September, they brought home a young Chinese teen with the same conditions. We talked
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