BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Food, film and adventure are on Julian's to-do list
Julian relies on two “support friends” to hang out at restaurants, go to events, and volunteer.
Taking a stand
'I'm sorry, but your son's surgery has been cancelled.' The words are so unbelievable that at first they hang in the air, like icicles.
Clinicians devalue and shun children with medical complexity, study finds
In a new Pediatrics study, American parents of children with disabilities said doctors discriminated against their children.
Death by loneliness: Study of assisted suicide in neurodiverse people
'What these individuals needed was a society where they felt they belonged.'
Hospital volunteer heads to medical school: 'I learned how to show I care'
'I think empathy is one of the most important qualities in a physician.'
Stratford reinvents itself to welcome disabled artists and patrons
'Historically, theatre has had an elitist mindset of who belongs, or what it looks like to be a good patron.'
A doctor struggles to navigate the health system for his son
'If you're a parent to a disabled child the doctor has no time. It's in their bodies, in the way they come in the door, the way they leave.'
A dance explores how to befriend a lost piece of yourself
It's about reconnecting with 'parts that we've pushed away, forgotten about or avoided.'
Conveying a patient's value is at the heart of a new approach to care
Intensive Caring means 'relinquishing the need to fix, along with tolerating clinical ambiguity, accepting and honouring the patient as expert, and trusting in the process.'
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Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Disabled women face serious care gaps after giving birth
'If I was high risk in pregnancy, how does that disappear when I get home?'
Pagination
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