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 tears represent sadness, but sort of a beautiful sadness'
Jessica Chan, 20 (above), made a mask to convey what it’s like to live with a brain injury. At age 17, she had surgery to remove a brain tumour. Today, the University of Toronto student is one of
U of T docs say ridicule, yelling, rude emails a part of their world
A new study in Academic Medicine looks at uncivil behaviour among doctors—from eye rolling and open ridicule to yelling, throwing objects, sending unkind e-mails and posting disparaging social media
The kindest doctor knows how it feels to be a patient
Two experiences helped Dr. Brian Goldman understand how it felt to be on the receiving end of care, and led to his “journey to find kindness around the world, and to see if I could rediscover it
We celebrate 'a smile, a hand reaching out to say more'
Shawna Perkins loves to play. The art therapist spends her days with babies and young children in Holland Bloorview’s therapeutic playroom. Her little patients may be here for rehab following a
The care crisis that should shake us all
If you didn't see this CBC White Coat, Black Art town hall on the crisis facing youth with complex disabilities aging out of the services and funding they and their families depend on, it's well worth
Horrific conditions led to two preventable deaths
Two stories about horrific, entirely preventable deaths of people with disabilities crossed my desk.
Sometimes life's a pain, for everyone
n 2013, Swiss disability group Pro Infirmis created a powerful ad called Because who is perfect?
A mom discovers what the doctors missed
Many of you know Brenda Agnew, the powerhouse behind the Parent Advocacy Link (PAL) Facebook group that connects over 1,500 parents of children with disabilities to share practical and emotional
Green acres is the place for me
n 2014, Maya Wechsler and Greg Masucci made a drastic life change. They moved from a row house off a busy street in Washington, D.C. to a fixer-upper house on 24 acres in Bluemont, Va. They were tired
A nurse's stories reveal the heart of medicine
I just finished The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Stories of Life, Death and Hope and I can't get the images of author Christie Watson's British patients out of my head.
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