BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
A deaf girl writes about the pain and beauty of being different
The 12-year-old protagonist of a new book finds herself alienated from her family, who refuse to use sign language.
'Travelling, side by side, through these villages of grief'
Charlotte Schwartz (above right) holds Isaiah, 4, with husband Seth and Rivers. Isaiah has a rare metabolic disease called Galactosemia, ...
The blame game: It's got to go
Yesterday we ran a beautiful piece by Keith McArthur, about his family's nine-year search to get a genetic diagnosis for his son Bryson.W...
'Getting a diagnosis has changed our world'
By Keith McArthurLaura took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to call the neurology clinic.Families of sick children were suppose...
LIGHTS spurs families to take action on housing
LIGHTS is a Toronto program that brings together families of young adults with intellectual disabilities to help them plan creative housi...
A brother's story inspires safe haven for play
Daniel Scott (above left) coordinates Holland Bloorview's Ronald McDonald playroom. The early childhood educator also runs the hospital's...
We need disability rights, not days
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities.I'm not a fan of awareness days.I know they're unlikely to prompt us to unearth t...
For Kate
Julie Drury has written a number of times for BLOOM about raising her daughter Kate, who had a rare mitochondrial disorder. Most recently...
BLOOM media round-up
Last week we posted Ho, ho, humbug about how toy shopping can be a difficult time for parents whose children have disabilities.Every year...
Ho ho, humbug? Toy shopping is hard for special-needs parents
By Julie BrocklehurstThere's a natural desire to pass family traditions down to the next generation, and I always thought I would… unti...
A letter to my Bubbie
Laura Rosen Cohen has a teenaged son with a rare genetic disorder. This is a letter she wrote to her late grandmother, who was and remain...
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