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Disability is part of their doll's story
In January I wrote about Melissa Shang, a girl who at age 10 got 150,000 people to sign a petition asking American Girl to release a doll...
BLOOM media roundup
Looking for an interesting read? Check out the disability and parenting stories we've collected recently. But first, I'd like to introduc...
A deadly disease takes a family captive
By Marcy WhiteI hate Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). On March 21, 2003, I was told that PMD was the cause of my son Jacob's many med...
Why your kid's sniffles make me sweat
By Jennifer Philp ZakicI have a confession: whenever I enter a new place, I scan the room for signs of infection. I look for runny noses,...
Want to know what kids think? Just ask
Tommy (in orange shirt) and Martin Tobon (foreground) are nine-year-old twins.Martin likes building Legos. Tommy prefers to swim. But he ...
How many red flags on mental health do we need?
Very high stress levels in 17 per cent of Canadians who care for a child or adult with a health condition or disability was flagged as a ...
A brother's story fuels autism researcher
“I sit here and think ‘How did I get so lucky?'” says Susan Day Fragiadakis, a research assistant in Holland Bloorview's Autism Res...
Slip slidin' away
Yikes.The Canadian winter is treacherous for youth who use wheelchairs or walkers finds a Holland Bloorview study published in Disability...
Acceptance: What does it mean to you?
There is a very cool group called 3E Love Network that promotes acceptance of disability.Today is their International Day of Acceptance.T...
BLOOM media roundup
Girl advocate for disabled American Girl doll to write book KickstarterLast year Melissa Shang, then 10 (above), got almost 150,000 peopl...
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