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Holiday closures: our outpatient programs will be closed from Dec. 25, 2024 to Jan. 1, 2025. Regular services resume January 2, 2024. Day program will be closed from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27, 2024 inclusive, and will be closed on Jan. 1, 2025. Orthotics and prosthetics will be available for urgent care.

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Reporting a story when you're blind has its advantages, journalist says
'I've been told it makes me listen better, because my first way of taking in information is not visually.'
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'I'm ashamed to be jealous:' A special-needs dad
Yesterday this candid piece about being a special-needs dad on LinkedIn blew me away. It's such a rich account of the many emotions exper...
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Jim and the pursuit of happiness
By Karin Melberg Schwier We think about my eldest son Jim's happiness. A lot. What turns, straightaways, twists to take, what unexpected ...
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Social media lets people with disabilities 'push their own agenda'
Beth Haller is a bit of a celebrity in the world of disability and journalism. I first learned about her when I followed her Media dis&dat blog, where she posted timely international stories relating to disability.
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A nurse finds her medical skills put to the test raising her daughter
'Most of the time I feel like I’m being heard because I’m able to say the medical lingo. But not being heard is rampant for parents who don’t know medical language, and I feel for them.'
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Look how far we've come
Earlier this year, Sheila Jarvis announced her intention to step down as President and CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospi...
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Meet the team – Inclusion programs
At Holland Bloorview, our inclusion programs are dedicated to fostering an environment where every child and youth, regardless of ability, can engage in meaningful and joyful experiences.
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I can't catch up
A month ago I decided I couldn't keep adding things to my to-do list. I wanted to spend more time with my son learning and modelling how...
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Learning to swim in a random sea
By D. BrownIn this sea of life, we each have our own boat. Some ride in a big ship that gives them lots of room and keeps them safe. Othe...
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Does disability make us human? Or is it a threat?
In the last couple of days three stories on social media jumped out because they portray such different, opposing, pictures of what disab...
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