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'I was afraid to make a mistake, so I hid behind the camera'
Sweet Dreams for Chiyo is a film that follows the Ehara family when their toddler Chiyo is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Parents Rhiana...
'We are hungry for neat, tidy stories.' Grief 'is much more messy'
Last year, several parents whose children had died came to Holland Bloorview staff with an idea: They wanted to hold an annual celebratio...
Virtual reality may help kids with autism adapt to new situations
Many of us have less than pleasant memories of taking the bus to school or summer camp. But for children with autism, a noisy, unpredicta...
Medicine is 'ultimately a humanistic and human endeavour'
Photo by Julia Soudat for U of T NewsLast April, Dr. Arno Kumagai became vice-chair in education for the Department of Medicine at the Un...
Share your mental health story on Bell Let's Talk day
With Bell Let's Talk day coming up Jan. 31, I'm gathering comments from parents that BLOOM can post anonymously on social media that day....
In dark times, reaching out
Our new A Family Like Mine video features a remarkable mother who wants to break the silence around mental illness.Leomina Valderrama has...
A practical guide for parents of disabled children and their doctors
Many of you followed Julie Keon on her blog. Julie just released a revised edition, with new content, of her book What I Would Tell You: ...
Amy Wright, founder of Bitty and Beau's, is CNN's hero of 2017
Two of Amy Wright's children have Down syndrome— Beau, 12, and Bitty, 7. In 2016, Amy opened Bitty and Beau's Coffee Shop in Wilmington...
Talking to kids about weight: What works and what doesn't?
Last month the American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement on how children with obesity are stigmatized, and how health pr...
A letter to myself
We just finished our first six-week narrative medicine group for parents. The group brought together nine parents for 90 minutes each wee...
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