BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
A deaf girl writes about the pain and beauty of being different
The 12-year-old protagonist of a new book finds herself alienated from her family, who refuse to use sign language.
What one mom did to get her disabled son on the playground
Andrea Davila is leading a project that's raised over $500,000 to build a barrier-free playground at Deer Park Public School in Toronto. ...
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Tuesday morning read and listen
Who knew the Blue Lagoon in Iceland markets its services to wheelchair users and those with other special needs?Check out CurbFree by Cor...
Maritza's dream: Games that make therapy fun
By Megan JonesIt started with her brother. Maritza Basaran remembers sitting with him years ago, playing video games. Jaimie, who has aut...
She shoots, Cam saves!
Cam Jenkins is Holland Bloorview's family support fund and accommodations administrator. But in his spare time, he's a goalie with the Si...
How to run parent-to-parent support
Parenting a child with a complex, life-threatening medical condition and disabilities is stressful and isolating.Some of the best support...
Inventive, accessible? That's what Spiral Garden is all about
Many of you are familiar with Spiral Garden, Holland Bloorview's artist-run garden that brings children with and without disabilities tog...
A radical idea: Be friends, make movies, respect disability
Zeno Mountain Farm in Vermont has an unusual mission: create lifelong friendships by bringing together diverse people to make films and p...
'I'm ashamed to be jealous:' A special-needs dad
Yesterday this candid piece about being a special-needs dad on LinkedIn blew me away. It's such a rich account of the many emotions exper...
It's hard to tell when special-needs parents are 'drowning'
By Tina SzymczakIn 2010, our darkest times as a family, I began to use the analogy of a swimming pool to describe the difficult parts of ...
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