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A mother learns to make room for grief and joy
In 1999, Deborah Covell Fletcher gave birth to twin girls, one with disabilities. In a new book she shares how she adapted to the unexpected.
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Disability arts disrupts ableist notions of beauty and value
'Tangled's mission is about creating opportunities for Mad, Deaf and disabled artists to shift the narrative of our cultural tablet.'
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A disabled sister is at the heart of a memoir about how we train doctors
'When I look at myself in the hospital as a clinician, all the things I think I do exceptionally well, my rarest gifts, they're all things I learned from her.'
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I wish I'd seen the beauty of sign language years ago
Last night was fun. I got to tell a story in American Sign Language (ASL) about a funny incident that happened when I was a teen. I was d...
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The blame game: It's got to go
Yesterday we ran a beautiful piece by Keith McArthur, about his family's nine-year search to get a genetic diagnosis for his son Bryson.W...
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Viewing therapy through an occupational therapist’s lens
The toy-filled spaces may look like a child’s dream come true, but they're more than just fun and games.
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Wanted: Your ideas on how to make services better
Ontario youth with disabilities and chronic health needs have a unique opportunity to tell government what they need to live a full, satisf...
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'You get the one you're supposed to'
By Kari Wagner-Peck When my husband Ward and I started dating I was 42 years old and he was 29. Yeah, I have a trophy husband. We eventua...
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A brother's story fuels autism researcher
“I sit here and think ‘How did I get so lucky?'” says Susan Day Fragiadakis, a research assistant in Holland Bloorview's Autism Res...
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'How poor are they who have not patience'
Patience.It's a quality that doesn't rank high in our competitive, consuming, instant-gratification culture. We want things, and we want ...
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