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Surprise, surprise: Carly's dad on where she is today
Everyone knows Carly Fleischmann, the Toronto teen with autism who was unreachable until she typed a message on a computer at age 10. Her...
'My little doll is a fighter'
Sadia Qureshi rarely leaves her daughter Zoya's bedsideat Holland Bloorview, where a dip on an oxygen saturation monitor prompts herto su...
Simple questions that go unanswered
In May 2012 my son was approved for funding for a laptop at school. The desktop computer he previously had at school was so old that it d...
Virtual exercise game connects kids with cerebral palsy
Holland Bloorview is marking World Cerebral Palsy Day with a demo of the Cycle to Fun project that combines exercise bikes and a virtual ...
'I saw resilience,' summer research student says
Masha Koroleva is a fourth year psychology student at York University. This summer she was a research student in the Bloorview Research I...
Be gone joy-thief
I was elated when I read this blog post by Anchel Krishna at Today's Parent. It's about her daughter, who has challenges speaking, having...
Connecting the dots
On the weekend I was in Chapter's and noticed this memoir on a prominent display: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing but True S...
Need for speed
Riding an ATV on his own at camp this summer was a thrill for Ben.So I wasn't surprised when a message came home from his co-op placement...
Happy Friday!
BLOOM was ranked 33 out of 150 top non-profit blogs! Thank you to all of our readers and contributors.Just a couple of items today.Has an...
Can storytelling improve care?
Today I'm submitting a research proposal for ethics review on a narrative training group for nurses on one of Holland Bloorview's inpatie...
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