BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
'It's like the only thing I'm allowed to be is strong'
A study that found suicidal thoughts common in parents of disabled children has been the most read BLOOM story since it was published in August 2024, reaching over 6,100 people.
A place of their own
Eight families worked together to create homes for their adult children with disabilities. 'I need to work on my own fear and let her grow,' one mother said.
Finding new pathways to joy
Families look for ways to have fun while spending more time at home.
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It's time to include disability in the picture
Watch our new Dear Everybody video and see how many ads and TV shows with characters with disabilities you recognize. Look out for musicians, athletes and actors with a disability too!
COVID-19 makes return to school all the harder
Canadian and American surveys suggest the pandemic makes back to school harder for families with children with disabilities.
Autism is at the heart of an Irish teen's dazzling memoir about nature
High on a mountain, Dara McAnulty gleans 'ever smell, sound, flutter, flicker, until it takes up all the space in my head.' Then he puts it on paper, so we can experience it.
Nursing chief reflects on 'beautiful view of life and all its complexities'
Marilyn Ballantyne has moved from providing bedside care to critically ill newborns to creating the clinical environments that support exceptional inpatient rehab at Holland Bloorview.
Dance parties at the nursing station kept this hospitalized teen pumped
Je'Niya Hamblett used her love of dance to help regain her mobility when she was hospitalized at Holland Bloorview following a bike accident.
Disabled and parent activists are often at odds. The authors of a new book explore why
'Parent organizations exert a lot of power when we're talking about disability policy. Parents need to start sharing some of the power.'
The Americans with Disabilities Act is 30. What progress has been made?
'Even though it is common for disability to overlap with identities across the spectrum of minority groups, fighting discrimination on the basis of disability continues to take a back seat in our
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