BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.

BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Delivering Christmas stockings and having water pistol fights are some of the ways Irene Simpson made being in hospital fun.
Anna Marie Batelaan is a social worker at Holland Bloorview who works with children who have a brain injury as a result of trauma or illness—and their families. She provides emotional counselling and
Two experiences helped Dr. Brian Goldman understand how it felt to be on the receiving end of care, and led to his “journey to find kindness around the world, and to see if I could rediscover it
Shawna Perkins loves to play. The art therapist spends her days with babies and young children in Holland Bloorview’s therapeutic playroom. Her little patients may be here for rehab following a
Caroline Ivorra (left) is a registered nurse on Holland Bloorview's brain injury rehab team. She works with children who are hospitalized...
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150 Kilgour Road
Toronto, Ontario
M4G 1R8
Canada