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In complex care, 'no two children are the same'
'Our families have been through a trauma. What their needs look like afterwards vary significantly.'
People with intellectual disability grow old alone: Study
On Monday I got home just as D'Arcy and Ben were walking up the 26 steps to our house. Ben, who had just got off his bus, was wearing his...
Composer finds the music in every life
Northern Irish composer Deirdre Gribbin has produced over 50 works—from orchestral music to her opera Hey Persephone!—that have been ...
Co-op man
Ben is doing co-op five days a week this year in two different positions. We are proud of him!...
A teen's tips on raising great kids
By Abdi HassanHi! My name is Abdi! I am 18. I have a disability called cerebral palsy. This disability causes my muscles to stiffen up an...
The 'unwelcome' mat
By Steve KeanI love Toronto, I really do. But sometimes I just don't feel the love in return.A few weeks ago was one of them. I was at St...
'In the absence of care, medicine is dehumanizing'
Medicine is made up of two things: treatment and care. But patients and clinicians alike are suffering from a devaluing of care in the heal...
Why I chose a 'special' school for my child
By Anchel KrishnaHaving a child means making lots of decisions. When you have a child with special needs, you make decisions on top of de...
Stories are 'clearings' that unite patient, clinician
Ina Buenos Aires hospital, pediatricians carryan unlikely medical tool:a transparent umbrelladecorated with stripsof multi-coloured chiff...
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Hope that high-fat diet will tame a little girl's seizures
By Stephanie LyItwas a sunny and glorious Muskoka morning when our daughter, Pepper,had her first seizure. It wasn't the first time I'd s...
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