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A deaf girl writes about the pain and beauty of being different
The 12-year-old protagonist of a new book finds herself alienated from her family, who refuse to use sign language.
A front pack takes Louise where she wants to go
Louise Sertsis never saw herself as an entrepreneur. But that was before she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and began using a whe...
Omar says brain injury has turned his shy personality bubbly
Rehan Siddiqui tells the chilling story of how his son and daughter were hit by a car that went through a red light. “She hit both kids...
Hope: 'We cannot take it away from parents'
Imagine coming to the scene of a car accident and being told it's your child that's been hit. But your child is not there. She's been tak...
Pushing a tube down your nose hurts. Lorry knows firsthand
Lorry Chen has a passion for promoting access to healthy food. “I wanted to solve world hunger,” she recalls of her time in dietetic ...
Refugee claimant hits roadblocks getting disabled child's care
I'm delighted to introduce the latest in our A Family Like Mine video series. Meet Ola Atanda and her three kids: Bolu, 15, Abby, 7, and R...
Nick turns to teens to help raise reporting of concussions
Nick Reed is an occupational therapist who joined Holland Bloorview as a research associate. In almost six short years, he's become a sen...
When parent hopes and rehab truths clash
Sarah Davidson is an occupational therapist at Holland Bloorview. For 14 years she's worked with children with complex medical needs who ...
New parent sleeper chairs make hospital stays more restful
Holland Bloorview family leader Lies Ferriman was one of a group of parents who tested out the chairs, which pull into beds, at the facto...
How does having a disabled neighbour 'dash your dreams?'
Families protest the Weyburn, Sask. decision to keep a small group home out. This photo is from CBC NewsI'm embarrassed.This isn't the Ca...
Time for a parenting reality check
It's so easy to look from the outside of someone's life and make assumptions about how they're doing. In the last 24 hours, I read a coup...
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