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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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Living in an ableist world gives disabled student a unique outlook
Amina Aumeer is a social service worker student at Seneca College who just finished a four-month placement at Holland Bloorview supportin...
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'Isn't it enough for art to be joyful?'
Julia Gray describes her work as a post-doctoral fellow at Holland Bloorview as “the humanities reaching into rehab.” Julia trained a...
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How one mom embraces a new life in Canada
In 2013 Sharda Ali-Ramjattan moved from Trinidad to Toronto with her daughter Selina, 9, in order to access better health services. Her h...
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A novel drawn from light and loss
In 2011, cartoonist Tom Hart was living an idyllic life in Gainesville, Florida. While his wife Leela, also a cartoonist, worked on a boo...
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How to keep climbing with a medically complex child
By Jade BiesingerMy name is Jade and I live in England at the other side of the “pond” with my husband and four lovely children. Heni...
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Wanted: Dads raising kids with disabilities
Matt Swan has been raising his daughter Leah, 16, on his own for over seven years. Leah was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and ...
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'I'm trans because that's who I am'
Logan is a transgender man who has cerebral palsy and grew up receiving services here. He's also the co-chair of Holland Bloorview’s youth advisory, and works as a host to inpatients in our teen lounge.
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'The myth is that the dad is the big, tough rock, the unfeeling one'
Adrian Reid-Cowell is part of a blended family that includes his son Graeme, 9, who suffered a catastrophic brain injury during surgery. We spoke about coping strategies when your child is hospitalized, and what it's like to be a male caregiver in a system more accustomed to mothers.
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Lived experience 'helps me go to the darker places with families'
Holland Bloorview social worker Val Lusted has spent almost 20 years working with youth with brain injuries caused by illness or trauma, and those hospitalized for rehab after bone surgeries or spinal-cord injury.
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Zak Priest talks about his latest role as Daddy
'She’s just a bundle of energy. She's the biggest go-getter I've ever met in my life.'
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