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Time for a parenting reality check
It's so easy to look from the outside of someone's life and make assumptions about how they're doing. In the last 24 hours, I read a coup...
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Make work? Families still face too much of it
A couple of weeks ago a story with this headline appeared in The Toronto Star: Easier path to cash for adults, kids with disabilities.It ...
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Foundation helps disabled students 'just like me'
After a skiing accident that injured her spine and shoulder, Tamara (Tammy) Gordon had to learn to write with her opposite hand and get a...
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BLOOM media round-up
Last week we posted Ho, ho, humbug about how toy shopping can be a difficult time for parents whose children have disabilities.Every year...
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Holland Bloorview congratulates board directors named Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation (Holland Bloorview) proudly congratulate four members of the hospital and foundation boards of directors who have been recognized among Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s…
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Ontario’s Children’s Hospitals rename cardiac procedure to recognize critical role of Black pioneer Vivien Thomas
In a move to honour the groundbreaking contributions of Black surgical pioneer Vivien Thomas, Ontario’s five children's hospitals have officially renamed the cardiac procedure previously known as the Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt to the Blalock-Thomas-Taussig (BTT) shunt.
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Holland Bloorview celebrates arrival of research MRI unit
This MRI suite will be the first in Canada to be immersive, customizable, child-friendly and fully accessible.
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'Mom, why are people staring at us?'
By Christina HerbersIt was a chilly Saturday morning as I drank coffee and thought about a family activity that would be fun for both of ...
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BLOOM media roundup
Happy Monday!Looking for a read that will make you think? Check out the disability and parenting stories we've collected recently. Let us...
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A son's injury prompts a dad to give back
In 2011 Amir Karmali's son Kaylum was accidently kicked in the head during a soccer game. The next morning he couldn't walk and was hospi...
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