BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
'It's like the only thing I'm allowed to be is strong'
A study that found suicidal thoughts common in parents of disabled children has been the most read BLOOM story since it was published in August 2024, reaching over 6,100 people.
The tales we spin about disability
Beyond the Pale is a new memoir about raising a child with albinism. It's written by Emily Urquhart, a Canadian folklorist and writer who...
BLOOM media roundup
Disabled by design Slate"We inhabit a culture that perpetuates the idea that disability lies in bodies rather than in design." Fascina...
What's in a name?
It seemed a simple exercise. I was at Columbia University doing a a course for clinicians and writers on narrative medicine. In our small...
My epic parenting fail
I'm often sent story pitches for what strike me as ridiculous products that in no way relate to parenting, let alone parenting children w...
For Hanzhen, life is in the detail
Hanzhen Yap is a 16-year-old Malaysian artist with autism whose intricate sketches of historical buildings, animals and everyday objects ...
Every kid deserves a pair of jeans
By Megan JonesIn the summer of 2013, Mindy Scheier was faced with a problem. Her son Oliver, then nine, wanted to wear jeans to school.Ol...
Take a look, then look again
Look at this illustration of an elephant. I couldn't stop. I kept seeing in the detail things that I hadn't initially seen.This is on...
Connect2care puts your child's health record at your fingertips
Becky Quinlan (top right) can't say enough about the benefits of Connect2care—a new secure portal that gives parents and kids access to...
Son's death sparks a search for justice
In 2013 Connor Sparrowhawk (with sister Rosie) drowned in a bath alone in a National Health Services assessment and treatment unit in Oxf...
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