BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Susan Wamithi grew up in Nairobi, Kenya. But her medical studies have taken her from Alabama to Grenada to England to Nairobi to Toronto....
Photos by Chelsea DeeIn 2013, BLOOM covered a unique sewing project in Maai Mahiu, northwest of Nairobi, that was changing the lives of K...
Cliff Lee first came to Holland Bloorview as a seven-year-old, when he was hospitalized for a brain injury following a school-yard accide...
After a skiing accident that injured her spine and shoulder, Tamara (Tammy) Gordon had to learn to write with her opposite hand and get a...
Over the last year Jennifer Choi Han made 10 videos about family life with a child with severe disabilities who is fed real, blended food...
John Kooy (left) is an orthotist at Holland Bloorview known affectionately as “Dr. John” to some of his patients. Here's how a couple...
Photos by Storey WilkinsNarges Karbasi can only think of one medical interaction that wasn't helpful when she learned her daughter Lilly ...
“This is me,” Sheriauna said proudly when she saw the book her mom Sherylee Honeyghan had published. The cover is of a young black gi...
Bob Moran is a political cartoonist for The Telegraph newspaper in Britain. In 2015, he illustrated a heartfelt memoir about his daughter...
Photos by Chelsea DeeIn 2013, BLOOM covered a unique sewing project in Maai Mahiu, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, that was changing the liv...
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Content in BLOOM is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor. Views expressed in posts and resources listed do not signify endorsement by Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. The BLOOM blog welcomes comments from readers on issues that affect parents of children with disabilities. All comments require approval to ensure they’re on-topic and respectful. We don’t post comments that attack people or organizations or use profanity or hate speech.
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