BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
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 big idea: Mobility for all
It's a tough business problem: how do you commercialize a medical product for a niche market that can't afford it?For 10 years, Holland B...
Research day challenges dominant ideas about human value
How ironic that on the day Holland Bloorview research head Tom Chau encouraged us to "push against typifying perspectives" in our work, C...
Some thoughts on acceptance
One of our staff is doing a workshop for parents on acceptance. She asked me for resources and I recommended these BLOOM pieces below. Bu...
France upholds ban on Down syndrome ad: Children too 'happy'
In an extraordinary decision, the Council of State in France has upheld the decision of the country's TV regulator to prevent this video,...
Hardships, silver linings and me: A diary of rehab
By Alivia OslandI've been in the hospital for almost three months because I've been diagnosed with Guillain Barré Syndrome. The lower ha...
How one mom embraces a new life in Canada
In 2013 Sharda Ali-Ramjattan moved from Trinidad to Toronto with her daughter Selina, 9, in order to access better health services. Her h...
'He's taught me to think differently:' Siblings video
My friend Kristen Huys has produced a candid, tender, illuminating video in which children talk about their brother or sister with a disa...
How to build a family
Nine years ago Robyn Sheppard welcomed a son into her family through adoption. It was Deion, 7, a student she'd worked with as an educati...
A scientist works with toy maker to get disabled kids moving
Five years ago, Cole Galloway had an existential crisis.The scientist at the University of Delaware was publishing papers about developme...
A play, an alphabet board, a new voice
This Is The Point is a play about two couples: a man and woman who have cerebral palsy, and a man and woman who have a child with cerebra...
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