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Being kind to yourself makes you a better clinician
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
'Isn't it enough for art to be joyful?'
Julia Gray describes her work as a post-doctoral fellow at Holland Bloorview as “the humanities reaching into rehab.” Julia trained a...
Social media lets people with disabilities 'push their own agenda'
Beth Haller is a bit of a celebrity in the world of disability and journalism. I first learned about her when I followed her Media dis&dat blog, where she posted timely international stories relating
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'The tears represent sadness, but sort of a beautiful sadness'
Jessica Chan, 20 (above), made a mask to convey what it’s like to live with a brain injury. At age 17, she had surgery to remove a brain tumour. Today, the University of Toronto student is one of
U of T docs say ridicule, yelling, rude emails a part of their world
A new study in Academic Medicine looks at uncivil behaviour among doctors—from eye rolling and open ridicule to yelling, throwing objects, sending unkind e-mails and posting disparaging social media
The kindest doctor knows how it feels to be a patient
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
We celebrate 'a smile, a hand reaching out to say more'
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
The care crisis that should shake us all
If you didn't see this CBC White Coat, Black Art town hall on the crisis facing youth with complex disabilities aging out of the services and funding they and their families depend on, it's well worth
Horrific conditions led to two preventable deaths
Two stories about horrific, entirely preventable deaths of people with disabilities crossed my desk.
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