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'Spaces': a music video that makes room for disability
'I want disabled kids to say "Hey, I see myself in one of these people in this video."'
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In CBC podcast, a dad searches for a cure that would allow his son to communicate
Unlocking Bryson's Brain is a new CBC podcast that follows a family's search for treatments that might reverse their son's rare genetic disorder.
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It's the little things, like shoes
A year ago I bought my son two pairs of the same New Balance training shoe—one in white and one in black. A colleague had recommended i...
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Changing the stories we tell about disability and families
Recently BLOOM reported on research about the role of hope and the invisibility of dads in children's rehab. This was produced by Parenti...
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Gentleness is at the heart of a book about learning to live with loss
Christa Couture writes about unimaginable heartache, from the amputation of her leg to treat cancer as a child to the death of her two sons.
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This critical-care doctor's perceptions of disability changed after her child was born with a brain injury
'By telling the story this way, clinicians can see themselves initially at the place I was and grow.'
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Violence at Ontario's oldest institution for disabled children exposed in Hot Docs film
'It wasn't until the survivors wanted their own memorial sculpture in 2019 that there was any acknowledgement of the bigger story of neglect and abuse and harm.'
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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...'
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The tales we spin about disability
Beyond the Pale is a new memoir about raising a child with albinism. It's written by Emily Urquhart, a Canadian folklorist and writer who...
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A veteran nurse heads our pandemic response: 'It gives me peace to know that we've put everything into place'
Cara Sudoma is infection control lead at Holland Bloorview. 'When I was young, I loved Nancy Drew. I could see that infection control was like solving a mystery.'
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