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'My visits are seldom welcome:' Life as a geneticist
A few years ago we ran a post called 'Everytime I see her I feel guilt.' It was about an article in the American Journal of Medical Genet...
'Have no fear' doesn't apply in advertising
"You've got to see this video," a friend of mine messaged me. "It's for that new song Renegades. I had no idea what it was about and it's...
On a conversation
I was in an unusual situation last night while chatting with a small group of people I didn't know.One said she was doing an internship i...
A son's disability gives this dad a deadline for adventure
Yesterday I heard a fabulous podcast on The New Family, a Canadian blog by Brandie Weikle that shares unique stories about all the differ...
Mapping out the future, with a little help from my friends
By Tina Szymczak “I'll never be good enough,” my son Corbin, 12,muttered, over and over again, as he tried to fit his five-foot frame...
A face is only part of the story
Producer and photographer Tanya Workman, right, with Charlene Guenette. Tanya interviewed and took photos of Charlene for The Difference ...
Why are we at 'war' with cancer and disability?
I heard a fascinating interview with science writer Alanna Mitchell on CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition with Michael Enrighta few weeks ago...
My dad was disabled, and cooler than most
Earlier this month Bill Peace, a visiting professor at Syracuse University, disability advocate and author of the blog Bad Cripple, poste...
BLOOM media roundup
Looking for a read or video that will make you think? Check out these disability, health and parenting stories we've collected recently. ...
Christmas cards flood in for hospitalized girl
Here's a heartwarming storyabout Holland Bloorview inpatient Evelynn Nichols, 9, from Kathy Gravel, social worker on our brain injury uni...
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