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Why are we at 'war' with cancer and disability?
I heard a fascinating interview with science writer Alanna Mitchell on CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition with Michael Enrighta few weeks ago...
My dad was disabled, and cooler than most
Earlier this month Bill Peace, a visiting professor at Syracuse University, disability advocate and author of the blog Bad Cripple, poste...
BLOOM media roundup
Looking for a read or video that will make you think? Check out these disability, health and parenting stories we've collected recently. ...
Christmas cards flood in for hospitalized girl
Here's a heartwarming storyabout Holland Bloorview inpatient Evelynn Nichols, 9, from Kathy Gravel, social worker on our brain injury uni...
Making a tree is as fun as buying one, and more kid-friendly
Susan Cosgrove's two-year-old son has autism and isn't ready for a real Christmas tree this year. "It was a safety issue as far as him pu...
Putting autism risks in context
Sigh.It's too bad this illustration that ran with a piece in theNew York Times' Motherlode column about antidepressant use duringpregnanc...
NHS failed to probe unexpected deaths in disabled patients
Earlier this year I hung up the phone with Sara Ryan, mom to Connor Sparrowhawk (above right) an 18-year-old with autism and an intellect...
Program gets kids of all abilities up and active
Igniting Fitness Possibilities (IFP) is a Holland Bloorview program designed to get kids of all abilities active in fitness and sports. I...
'Travelling, side by side, through these villages of grief'
Charlotte Schwartz (above right) holds Isaiah, 4, with husband Seth and Rivers. Isaiah has a rare metabolic disease called Galactosemia, ...
The blame game: It's got to go
Yesterday we ran a beautiful piece by Keith McArthur, about his family's nine-year search to get a genetic diagnosis for his son Bryson.W...
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