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Look again: 'What I was teaching was about seeing'
In 2007 photographer Brenda Spielmann began an innovative program at Holland Bloorview that brought together children with and without di...
Yes! Disabled consumers demand fashion and fit
Dear Louise: Your fabulous article (In Lucy Jones' hands, style and disability are a perfect fit) forwarded to me by my son BJ Miller abo...
What's most important? Intelligence or emotional health?
What factors in childhood predict later satisfaction and happiness in life?Two articles crossed my desk about studies that come to vastly...
How difficult could caregiving be? This sister found out
I caught part of this excellent interview on CBC's The Current this morning. It's about Helen Ries's journey as an Ottawa woman who took ...
What New York Magazine got wrong about intellectual disability
A fascinating piece came out in New York Magazine earlier this week called How Smart Do You Have To Be To Raise A Child?It raises excelle...
In Lucy Jones' hands, disability and style are a perfect fit
Lucy Jones, 24, is described as one of the world's brightest entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine. Forbes named her to its 2016 30 Under 30 l...
This sister is solid gold
Kaya Cosgrove, 10, wears metallic pink Doc Martins, loves the vampire romance series Twilight, and wants to be a labour and delivery nurs...
BBC Ouch: Brothers, sisters and disability
BBC Ouch is a fabulous British blog and podcast dedicated to telling the stories of people with disabilities.I'm listening to this almost...
This bereaved mom lives with no regrets
When her son Jordan was 10 days old, doctors told CherylRunstedler he was going to die. Jordan was born at 24 weeks weighing one-and-a-ha...
Parents of disabled kids can least afford hospital parking fees
Wow! In Scotland patients and families don't pay for hospital parking. According to this fascinating article in the Ottawa Citizen, offic...
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