BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
An Indigenous experience of autism
'My research is about learning from, and understanding, families. I have some expertise, but the families are the experts.'
Adulthood looks different for everyone. How to design flexible supports
'The transitions guide walks you through understanding and learning different skills and then gives you the examples, resources and tools you need to start trying them.'
'Wrap-around' service for youth with complex needs 'is an answer to prayer,' mother says
'These are children who may have been denied care by other service providers, including respite programs, because they engage in unsafe behaviour.'
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Fun is part of the prescription for this therapist
Lizzy Luff first heard of therapeutic recreation when she volunteered at Holland Bloorview. She went back to school to study it and now works here.
What needs fixing? Disabled people? Or a built world that shuts them out?
'The desire to see technological development and fixing as THE solution to disability allows people to continue to build and justify a world that is inaccessible...'
Disabled parents can teach other moms and dads a thing or two
'A lot of non-disabled parents are always moving and busy and distracted. I appreciate my stillness as a parent.'
This film about twin brothers has an ableist lens that lacks imagination
I wanted to love this short documentary on The New York Times. It's about twin boys, one with a disability, entering their teen years.
Why does a hospital need to know your race and income? To tailor care
'The general idea is that each of these identities and circumstances is predictive of the quality and speed of health-care access, experiences and outcomes.'
Puppet troupe helped drive disability inclusion in Ontario
'By using black light, we could hide the performers, because in the 1970s you had to hide people with disabilities.'
For days doctors dismissed dad's concern that his child was critically ill
This is a story about what happens when health workers listen to a child's parents, and what happens when they don't.
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