BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
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Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
A magical bond
Many of you will remember our interview with filmmaker Kelly O'Brien, whose film Softening documents life with her son Teddy, now 7, who ...
Denied child care, this mom opens her own
By Julie BrocklehurstBrennen was my first and only child, and like any expectant mother, I had dreams of giving birth to a healthy, happy...
When science doesn't have all the answers
It's on the list.My son's rare genetic deletion is on the list of disorders identified by microarray analysis of a fetus's DNA. It was a ...
From cocoon to cold reality
By Jennifer JohannesenWhen my son was very young, I was an enthusiastic participant in what I now think of as the “rehab machinery” o...
Return on disability
This story on CBC's The National last night looks at the economic benefits of hiring people with disabilities. It includes an interview w...
Immigrant moms hit a service wall
York University researchers Nazilla Khanlou and Mahdieh Dastjerdi (above) share the findings of their study on the experiences of 30 immi...
A therapist finds herself in parent shoes
At five days old, Lucas Puchta had an MRI. He was born with a port wine stain on his face, which can sometimes be a sign of Sturge-Weber...
Are kids with 'behaviours' bad?
The other night I woke with a vivid memory.I was in junior high taking band class. Because I didn't step up quickly when the horn instrum...
How misguided values make us sick
A number of stories crossed my desk recently that made me think about how our cultureassigns value to people and how this disadvantages f...
Emilie's world tour unites children with disabilities
Emilie, 9 (centre), is travelling the world from her home of Lyon, France to meet children with disabilities, learn about their experienc...
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