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A trip to Disney without parents spurs independence
Today's Parent Magazine produced a beautiful video about two children who were part of a group of over 30 kids from Holland Bloorview who...
QuickFlix: Can support workers be friends, too?
Holland Bloorview family leader Donna Cappelli discusses whether paid support workers can be considered friends of her son Julian, 15, wh...
'I'm making a play about normality'
"My name is Jacob," begins the film Natural Disorder, which played last month at the Hot Docs international film festival in Toronto. "Th...
Why do rehab clinicians need training in 'hope?'
A fascinating document on the role of hope in children's rehab caught my attention. “Offer hope training to clinicians” is one of thr...
Why I love being an online college student
By Chantelle Fogarty-GriswoldI'm 26 years old and I have severe spastic cerebral palsy. From as far back as I can remember I loved school...
A prosthesis, and a work of art
By Megan Jones In 2013, McCauley Wanner and Ryan Palibroda did what stereotypically passionate artists are wont to do: they quit their jo...
New book explores sibling emotions about disability
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 ...
'Endless Abilities' screens tonight at Holland Bloorview
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...
Canada's first inhospital pain program turns girl's life around
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...
The best care? It's personal, 'not prescriptive'
Carolynn Gludish has worked as an inpatient nurse at Holland Bloorview for nine years, primarily with children who are in rehab following...
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