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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Erica Scarff, 20, is on her way to Rio next month to race a kayak in the paracanoe event as it makes its debut at the Paralympics. BLOOM ...
After 32 years as a teacher-librarian, Shelley Neal's life has come first circle. “When I was a little girl in public school I remember...
Salma Kassam landed her first job as an occupational therapist at Holland Bloorview 22 years ago and has been here ever since. She works ...
"This is not my fault."That was the key message I picked up on resilience when I read this Facebook post by Lean In author Sheryl Sandber...
FRAME is a series of videos on children with genetic conditions and their families talking about their lives in general and from a medica...
By Megan JonesWhen acting, Jessica Thom never stays on script. In fact, she's neurologically incapable of it: the London, U.K.-based perf...
By Rita KuttMy grandson Caleb had a very difficult start to life, which included seizures.Last year when he turned three, his mum Zoe and...
We shared this story in our last BLOOM e-letter about an innovative company in Victoria, B.C. that's blurring the line between prosthetic...
By Megan JonesIt seemed to come out of nowhere. Only in retrospect, Andrew Sedmihradsky says, did the signs of his son's disease become c...
Last night I saw a social media link to a story that included photos of people killed in recent mass shootings. I clicked on it, thinking ...
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