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In complex care, 'no two children are the same'
'Our families have been through a trauma. What their needs look like afterwards vary significantly.'
How 'there's a new rule' broke me
Hoops. This is another story about the unnecessary hoops people with disabilities and their families are forced tojump through to get gov...
It's the little things, like shoes
A year ago I bought my son two pairs of the same New Balance training shoe—one in white and one in black. A colleague had recommended i...
A doctor reveals her hidden disability
Dr. Paige Church is a neonatologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and a developmental pediatrician who sees children with spina bi...
A cousin's memory fuels this Kenyan trainee
Susan Wamithi grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. But her medical studies have taken her from Alabama to Grenada to England to Nairobi to Toronto....
'We laugh, we encourage each other, and there's no judging'
Photos by Chelsea DeeIn 2013, BLOOM covered a unique sewing project in Maai Mahiu, northwest of Nairobi, that was changing the lives of K...
Are you a kid? Cliff wants to talk to you
Cliff Lee first came to Holland Bloorview as a seven-year-old, when he was hospitalized for a brain injury following a school-yard accide...
Foundation helps disabled students 'just like me'
After a skiing accident that injured her spine and shoulder, Tamara (Tammy) Gordon had to learn to write with her opposite hand and get a...
Don't let feeding tube get in the way of fun
Over the last year Jennifer Choi Han made 10 videos about family life with a child with severe disabilities who is fed real, blended food...
'He takes the time to hear me'
John Kooy (left) is an orthotist at Holland Bloorview known affectionately as “Dr. John” to some of his patients. Here's how a couple...
Mom seeks to light the way for others
Photos by Storey WilkinsNarges Karbasi can only think of one medical interaction that wasn't helpful when she learned her daughter Lilly ...
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