Grow Holland Bloorview Research: In the News

Web Stories

December 2022

• Re-thinking Childhood Disability: Highlights from the 17th annual BRI Symposium
• Diagnostic silos hold disability research back

November 2022

• Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou awarded with inaugural Donald T. Stuss Award by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI)
• Dr. Elaine Biddiss named Bloorview Childrens Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation
• Dr. Jaime Borisoff speaks about inclusion and innovation on re-imagining wheelchair technology

October 2022

• How to navigate conversations around disclosing your disability in the workplace
• Google Cloud helps to drive tech innovation at BRI
• Holland Bloorview announces new vice-president, research
• Asking for Accommodations in the Workplace: Video
• Combatting ableism in the workplace: blog
• Oh the places they'll go!
• How Holland Bloorview has created a workforce that embraces disability and inclusion
• In their own words
• Imagine Everybody: Highlighting BRI
  • Imagine a world where disability is heard
  • Imagine a world where everybody can play

September 2022

• Holland Bloorview names interim vice-president, research
• Holland Bloorview's Hummingbird assistive technology -- Canadian first -- gives kids, adults with disabilities a voice
• EMBARK: Holland Bloorview launches new program to further Black scholars' careers in childhood disability research
• Leading the way in personalized, equitable care using smart textiles

August 2022

• Parents need to pay close attention to their daughters during puberty: study
• Research boost
• New international study led by Holland Bloorview sheds light on troubling autism term found on hate speech forum

July 2022

• Celebrating a summer of success
• Creating accessible, inclusive playgrounds for all
• Shaping the future of childhood disability research

April to June 2022

• Unique community play-based program can build toddlers' language, social skills: study
• Children's rehab can be boring. This scientist aims to make it fun
• From client to researcher: Hisham's story
• New psychiatrist, clinician scientist joins Holland Bloorview and BRI
• In pursuit of groundbreaking childhood disability research
• Expertscape names Dr. Sally Lindsay as among world's leading experts in vocal rehabilitation
• Research Boost
• Celebrating Dr. Sharon Smile's promotion to associate professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
• 'My students keep me young at heart'

January to March 2022

• Studies aim to find out if drug reduces 'noisy brain' in some autistic children
• Research powerhouse
• Unraveling the complex process of workplace disclosure
• BRI-developed Word Q unlocks a world of communication for youth
• Funding boost for Social ABCs
• Holland Bloorview establishes Canada's first imaging bank for kids with disabilities
• Holland Bloorview launches Life Skills Guide

Media Stories

October to December 2022

• The Life-Changing Tech Helping Young Canadians With Verbal And Physical Challenges (Chatelaine.com - sponsored content)
• Holland Bloorview launches toolkit to help you with disabilities navigate workplace issues (Toronto.com)

July to  September 2022

• Hummingbird launch (CBC Radio Metro Morning)
  • radio piece also ran on 3 other CBC radio affiliates
• New Holland Bloorview invention offers people with severe physical challenges a new voice (CTV News)
  • story also ran on 11 other news outlets
• Brain-computer interface at Toronto children’s hospital tests the potential for mind melds with machines (Globe and Mail)
• Yen for routine seeds anxiety in autistic children (Spectrum)
• Making Play Inclusive (Novae Res Urbis)
• Creating inclusive playgrounds (City News)
• Students bring 'so much passion and enthusiasm' to research projects at Holland Bloorview (Toronto Star)
• Creating inclusive playgrounds (City News at 6)
  • Also ran on City News Vancouver
• U of T researcher studies the playground experiences of children with disabilities (U of T News)
• Making play inclusive (Novae Res Urbis) 
  • download print article here
• Yen for routine seeds anxiety in autistic children (Spectrum News)
• Brain-computer interface at Toronto children's hospital tests the potential for mind melds with machines (Globe and Mail)
  • download print article here
• Hummingbird gives a new voice to kids with disabilities (CTV News at Six Toronto)
  • also aired on: CTV News affiliates (Northern Ontario, Atlantic, Ottawa, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg), CP24, 580 CFRA, Newstalk 1010, Newstalk 800 CJAD)
• Hummingbird featured on CBC Radio Metro Morning
  • radio segment also aired on CBC Radio affiliates Halifax, Kitchener-Waterloo, Thunder Bay

April to June 2022

• Holland Bloorview program help prepare student for life after high school (Star.com)
• Canada’s most accessible hospital (CityNews Toronto)
• Canadian girl with autism in world-first test on how brain stimulation could stop severe self-harm (CTV National News)
• New digital platform aims to accelerate research on brain disorders (CTV  National News and CTV.ca)
• Students bring ‘so much passion and enthusiasm’ to research projects at Holland Bloorview hospital (Toronto Star)

January to March 2022

• Experimental drug may help with ‘noisy brain’ in some with autism (CTV News)
• Total Care: calls for a new approach to autism care and treatment across the lifespan (Autism Magazine - print only)
• New online resource: helping families overcome meal-time challenges for autistic children (Autism Magazine - print only)
• Baby boys with more screen time associated wtith autism spectrum disorder, study suggests (CTV.ca)
• Holland Bloorview's Capes for Kids campaign featured (OMNI TV-Focus Cantonese)
• 'Disabled, queer and fabulous' find a place of their own in the dating world (Toronto Star)
• School mask mandate controversy (City News)
• Holland Bloorview to launch MRI image bank (Canadian Healthcare Technology)

Web Stories 2021

October to December 2021

• Experts worldwide call for new personalized approach to autism care treatment across the lifespan
• New online resource helps families overcome meal-time challenge for autistic children
• Expertscape ranks BRI clinician scientists as among world's top experts in cerebral palsy, autism among other areas
• A child's gifts and passions are more important than any label
• Looking at disability and cities with Professor Ron Buliung
• Has children's screen time increased over the COVID19 pandemic? 
• Elevating acquired brain injury to the next level

July  to September 2021

• Say hello to the future: Using robotics to push boundaries
• Enhancing access to timely autism diagnoses for families
• Empowering kids to be body-positive
• Pearls of Wisdom: Behind the scenes of the BRI's PEARL Lab
• Celebrating Ward Summer Students at Research Day
• When your child says 'I don't like my body,' how do you respond? A new guide prepares parents
• Shining a spotlight on our graduate student scholarship recipients
• Loss of in-person school led to worsening mental health for kids during pandemic: preliminary findings

April to June 2021

• Video games come to life with brain computer interface
• Showcasing outstanding contributions
• Our Kids will be OK
• Holland Bloorview partner in supporting international collaboration in autism research
• BRITE Achieving Excellence
• Facing kids' fears of dental visits with VR: study launch
• Paying it forward
• Holland Bloorview launches new Family Engagement in Research framework

Jan to March 2021

• Social ABCs program launches in PEI to connect children waiting for an assessment
• Road to autism diagnosis and beyond for parents
• Research boost for BRI researchers
• Our kids are not OK
• Study launches to examine bullying in youth with muscular dystrophy
• Unleashing the power of video games to help kids with cerebral palsy
• PEARL Interactives among winners of Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge

Media Stories 2021

2021

October to December

• Where magic happens (The Walrus)
  A special supplement (thanks to the hospital partners at TD) featuring the Dear Everbody campaign, Dr. Azadeh Kushki’s work with holly^TM (anxiety meter), as well as the PRISM Lab’s work on brain-computer interfaces.
• Julia Hanigsberg, Dr. Azadeh Kushki and Dr. Tom Chau are quoted.
   

• New online tool kit to tackle feeding challenges (CTV News at Six)
  Holland Bloorview launches a new online feeding tool kit to support families with kids with autism who have feeding challenges. Dr. Sharon Smile, who is leading this work, was interviewed, along with mom (Maritza). Also aired on the 11pm news (and simultaneously on CP24) and on CTV News Saskatoon (5pm news). Duration: 1:31 min.
   

• Calls for wider range of care for autism  (CTV News at Six)
  Study commissioned by The Lancet calling for a wider range of care for people with autism spectrum disorder. One of the key recommendations in the report is that we need to move away from providing intervention strategies that are the same for every person with autism. Holland Bloorview parent, Susan Cosgrove (parent of three children with autism), was interviewed, along with the hospital’s Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou. Also aired on the 11pm news (and simultaneously on CP24). Duration: 1:43 min.
   

• Pandemic poses short- and long-term risks to babies, especially boys (NBC News; source: Kaiser Health News)
  Reporter: Liz Szabo
  Quotes Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou on the possible effects of COVID19 on a pregnant women’s immune response and to her unborn child. Note: Dr. Anagnostou was not identified as an expert at Holland Bloorview, but at University of Toronto.

July to September

• How to talk to youth about body image (Global News Morning)
  Features new parent guide co-developed by Dr. Amy McPherson and parent volunteers including Christine Hill, manager of stakeholder relations at Holland Bloorview, how to guide conversations around weight

• Holland Bloorview researcher rolls out body positivity resource (CTV News Toronto)
  Features new parent guide co-developed by Dr. Amy McPherson and parent volunteers including Christine Hill, manager of stakeholder relations at Holland Bloorview, how to guide conversations around weight.

• Guiding conversation about weight as kids head back to school (CityNews Toronto)
   Features new parent guide co-developed by Dr. Amy McPherson and parent volunteers including Christine Hill, manager of stakeholder relations at Holland Bloorview, how to guide conversations around weight.

• The impact of COVID19 (Hospital News)
  Highlighted Dr. Evdokia’s research as part of an ongoing COVID study on youth mental health led by SickKids and POND

• Youth are finding ways to be resilient during pandemic (Hospital News)
  Re-published web story on a study led by Dr. Sally Lindsay, a senior scientist and head of the TRAIL Lab, that found some youth with disabilities have found ways to cope with the COVID19 pandemic

• Illuminating: Sexual Health & Disability (The Pulse podcast – Accessible Media Inc.)
  Part 2: This episode features two of the exhibit's contributors -- Wesley and Effie. The exhibit, Illuminating, examines how youth with disabilities navigate sexuality in healthcare settings.

• Illuminating: Sexual Health & Disability (The Pulse podcast – Accessible Media Inc.)
  Part 1: Holland Bloorview’s Dr. Amy McPherson talks about the ‘Illuminating’ virtual photo exhibit which features how youth with disabilities navigate sexuality in healthcare settings. She also makes a case for a conversation about the positive experience of sex for people with disabilities. 

• Confronting the gaps in sexuality and disability (Toronto Star)
  Dr. Amy McPherson, ProFILE Lab speaks to the Star about a new digital art exhibit she coordinated with Fiona Moola to talk about how youth with disabilities are navigating their sexuality in health-care settings. Holland Bloorview clients Effie and Emma were also interviewed.

• Holland Bloorview expanding children's lives (Leaside Life)
  Features ground-breaking ceremony for Bloorview Research Institute's largest research expansion

April to June

• Family foundation contributes more than $1-million to neurodevelopment research (Globe and Mail)
• North York rehab hospital expansion will have ‘tremendous impact’ on childhood disability (Toronto.com, also ran in Star.com, North York Mirror, Etobicoke Guardian)
• Buttcon Ltd. starting work on $32 million expansion at Toronto children’s rehabilitation hospital (Ontario Construction News - online and print)
• Buttcon starts work on hospital expansion (Link2Build)
• Work begins on expansion to Toronto children’s rehabilitation hospital (Canadian Consulting Engineer)
• Buttcon to start work on $32M expansion to Toronto children’s rehabilitation hospital (On-Site Magazine)
• Rehabilitation hospital for kids to begin construction on connection to research institute (Daily Commercial News)
• Kids Research Institute begins expansion (Eminatra Canada)
• Kids’ research institute breaks ground on expansion (canhealth.com)
• Gow Hastings selected to design Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s new expansion (Canadian Architect)
• Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital to begin final phase of expansion (Toronto.com, Star.com, North York Mirror )
• COVID restrictions tough for individuals with autism and their caregivers (M.D. Alert: source: Reuters Health
• Why we need to stop calling things “crazy” and “lame” (The Kit)
• Autism program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab Hospital taught Scarborough toddler to talk (Toronto.com)
• What to do if your toddler bites – or gets bitten – at daycare (Today's Parent)

January to March 

• PEI streamlines autism assessment wait time for kids (thedailyscrum.ca)
• ‘This was never a cause of autism causing mass murder:’ Activists express relief over Toronto van attack guilty verdict (Toronto Star)
• Children handling pandemic differently (Toronto Star)
• ‘It motivated me to move again,’ says Scarborough teen with cerebral palsy about ‘exergame’ (Toronto.com)
• Getting kids with mobility issues exercising (CTV News Toronto)
• 5 major developmental milestones and how to know your kid is ready (Parent.com)
• Encouraging our kids to eat healthfully (Toronto Star)

Web Stories 

• Focus on the NOvEL Lab
• Holland Bloorview tops research list
• Empowering kids with autism with the help of wearable tech
• Reaching for the stars
• New study calls for regular bloodwork monitoring
• Virtual mental health receives a research boost
• Kids Brain Health Network funds research on CP and autism
• TD gift puts high tech into the hands of kids with autism
• Research and safety go hand-in-hand
• Pushing the boundaries of childhood disability research
• Researchers investigate tech designed to promote independence
• Profile on Dr. Timothy Ross
• Tips for families living with autism during COVID-19
• Getting a ‘Bootle Blast’ out of therapy
• Research Boost
• Renowned scientist receives health promotion award

Media Stories

• Dr. Sharon Smile speaks on impact of anti-Black racism on child health (BT Toronto)
• Toronto media highlight Holland Bloorview's new accessible MRI
• How COVID-19 is impacting children on the spectrum

2019

• At the forefront of radical change
• There was much to celebrate at the 14th annual BRI symposium
• Holland Bloorview receives $100K donation to fund its world-class research MRI suite
• Holland Bloorview celebrates arrival of research MRI unit
• The Bloorview Research Institute welcomes its new students; bids fond farewell to its alumni
• First-of-its-kind MRI to enhance autism research
• Researchers to examine impact of COVID19 measures on mental health of youth
• Ground-breaking study examines link between autism and online radical communities
• Tips for families living with autism during the COVID19 pandemic: expert
• Research is getting a transformational change
• Getting a 'Bootle Blast' out of therapy
• Research boost for kids with autism
• Top scientist receives prestigious U of T award
• Holland Bloorview tops research intensity ranking