BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
How to break the ice when you're the new kid at school
'It's about a little girl with cerebral palsy starting Grade 2 and going to a new school where she's the only kid in her class with a disability.'
'In the absence of care, medicine is dehumanizing'
Medicine is made up of two things: treatment and care. But patients and clinicians alike are suffering from a devaluing of care in the heal...
Why I chose a 'special' school for my child
By Anchel KrishnaHaving a child means making lots of decisions. When you have a child with special needs, you make decisions on top of de...
Stories are 'clearings' that unite patient, clinician
Ina Buenos Aires hospital, pediatricians carryan unlikely medical tool:a transparent umbrelladecorated with stripsof multi-coloured chiff...
Help us BLOOM
Please check out the fall issue of BLOOM.I'm sharing my editorial below, which is about an amazing opportunity to donate to BLOOM and see...
Hope that high-fat diet will tame a little girl's seizures
By Stephanie LyItwas a sunny and glorious Muskoka morning when our daughter, Pepper,had her first seizure. It wasn't the first time I'd s...
Joy and grief: The dance
By D. Christine BrownThree years ago today our son Lucas's high fever and subsequent seizures sent us by ambulance to hospital where he s...
Furniture that fits every child
By Megan JonesDespite the many sights in New York, it was children's furniture that stopped Jason Nolan in his tracks. While walking the ...
'This is a love story'
The Fall: A Father's Memoir in 424 Steps is a book that will intrigue, delight and surprise you. Written by Brazilian author Diogo Mainar...
Prepare your child to take on the world
Giving a child the words and confidence to describe disability at a young age is important. That's why Grade 1 students at the Bloorview ...
Free to move, free to learn
For three months researcher Coralee McLaren watched 20 kindergarten children play in the Bloorview School—some with disabilities and so...
Pagination
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