BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Former patient returns to train as a therapist
'I’ve lived the experience of being a client and working with clinicians. So far kids have had a very positive response to me.'
U.K. families with disabled kids are drowning in debt
Over half have skipped meals to ensure their child can eat, one in three can’t keep their home warm, and 80 per cent can’t replace items like a fridge when they break.
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Workshop explores tensions between clinicians and parents
'They said they were trained to be hyper-positive, but sometimes the parent isn’t in that space. Often there is a big, gaping hole of despair that no one wants to look at.'
When a child is in crisis, parents need a 'safe space'
'Sometimes the best thing I can do is really be there with them and hold a difficult feeling with them. It might not be psychotherapy the way you learn about it in school, but it's very therapeutic.'
Families struggle to afford medical care for a disabled child
Families with disabled children were almost two times as likely to have difficulty paying medical bills and to delay or forgo care for their child due to cost.
Disabled parenting is 'messier,' and that's a good thing
'Needing care does not make you incapable of providing care. It doesn’t somehow make you a worse parent if you need help.'
A concert where disabled attendees can be themselves
'He can vocalize, cough, be suctioned, or stretch out on the floor without having to leave the venue space.'
Less social activity starts early in children with cerebral palsy
Preschoolers with cerebral palsy only participated in the community a few times in the last four months, according to a new Holland Bloorview study.
Restraint, isolation of disabled students goes untracked in Ontario
Crisis in the Classroom was based on 541 parent responses to a survey about their child’s experience with restraints, isolation and exclusion in the 2022-23 school year.
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