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'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.
Carrying friend in backpack, next stop China
In 2016 we told you about Kevan Chandler's trip to Europe with friends who carried him in a modified backpack when places wouldn't accomm...
New hub to address developmental disabilities, mental illness
The Azrieli Foundation has given $10.4-million to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to create the first centre in Canada to supp...
'It's nice to know we're not alone'
Photo by Rachel FriesenRachel Martens is hosting a CP-Net webinar on Thurs. Feb. 8 from 12-1 p.m. called Finding Community: Social Media ...
'I am woman, I am black, I am doctor'
Chika Stacy Oriuwa has written a brilliant piece in Flare about being the only black medical student in her University of Toronto class.C...
Raising a disabled child in an abled world takes a toll
Today is Bell Let's Talk day and we want to join the dialogue by talking about mental health and parenting children with disabilities.Ove...
Stars for children who die, and those who remember
In 2012, Connor McHardy, 7, “got his star,” says his mother Mindy. It's one of 370 glass stars on the wall in the playroom at Roger N...
'I was afraid to make a mistake, so I hid behind the camera'
Sweet Dreams for Chiyo is a film that follows the Ehara family when their toddler Chiyo is diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Parents Rhiana...
'We are hungry for neat, tidy stories.' Grief 'is much more messy'
Last year, several parents whose children had died came to Holland Bloorview staff with an idea: They wanted to hold an annual celebratio...
Virtual reality may help kids with autism adapt to new situations
Many of us have less than pleasant memories of taking the bus to school or summer camp. But for children with autism, a noisy, unpredicta...
Medicine is 'ultimately a humanistic and human endeavour'
Photo by Julia Soudat for U of T NewsLast April, Dr. Arno Kumagai became vice-chair in education for the Department of Medicine at the Un...
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