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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.
Three years ago Elyse Poulin (left) began her career as a newly minted nurse on Holland Bloorview's complex continuing care unit.She work...
Yesterday, Kara Melissa Sharp and her family arrived at Toronto's Pearson airport at lunch time for a flight to Hong Kong at 3:30 p.m.Alm...
Yesterday I had a call from someone at CBC's The Current radio show asking if I'd participate on a panel this morning.They were interview...
You voiced strong opinions on a BLOOM post about a New York Times Magazine story on parents who choose to medically halt the growth of th...
The National Autism Association posted this poem written by a 10-year-old boy on its Facebook page. "He was asked to write a poem for sc...
In the first of our Quick Flix video series, Gerardo Cappelli talks about how parents of kids with disabilities often get stuck on what t...
Debbie Sutherland's connection with Holland Bloorview goes back three generations. Her grandmother Beatrice worked as a cook at the origi...
Kevan Chandler (above centre) is used to being carried by friends when spaces don't fit his wheelchair.So why would a trip across Europe ...
Kadence is a poodle and trained guide dog who provides six-year-old Bella, who has autism, with "laughter, companionship, strength and co...
It must have been because I had just made a mental note that things were going quite smoothly for my son with his post-high school transi...
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