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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.
Perfect is a new children's book about the birth of a baby with a disability, told from the perspective of her older brother. In a piece ...
In 2012, a young man with a spinal-cord injury and his three best friends travelled across the U.S. to meet with disabled people particip...
By Megan JonesStaci Berman has been in pain for two years. It started at abasketball tournament in April of 2014. As Staci, then 11 years...
Carolynn Gludish has worked as an inpatient nurse at Holland Bloorview for nine years, primarily with children who are in rehab following...
By Kayla Smith When my sister Christy wa sborn, I had a lot of plans and dreams that grew to fill the empty spaces in my life. I think this ...
This “news analysis” story in The New York Times yesterday got under my skin.The headline Giving A Name, And Dignity, To A Disability...
Checkout the latest in our A Family Like Mine series! Don't forget you can click CC in the lower right for closed captioning. Meet Holland...
“What do you do?”It's a question I used to ask when I was young and meeting someone new at a party. It was a way of learning about a ...
I read a fascinating story in Holland Bloorview scientist Barbara Gibson's new book that looks at how cultural notions of what's "normal"...
Owen McIntyre, 9 (right), is the winner of this year's Filmpossible award for his film My Life With My Brother Rhys (who is pictured on t...
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Content in BLOOM is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor. Views expressed in posts and resources listed do not signify endorsement by Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. The BLOOM blog welcomes comments from readers on issues that affect parents of children with disabilities. All comments require approval to ensure they’re on-topic and respectful. We don’t post comments that attack people or organizations or use profanity or hate speech.
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