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October 12, 2017

Falling asleep on a home-care night shift spurs nurse's research

Krista Keilty is a nurse practitioner and visiting scholar at the Bloorview Research Institute who studies parents who care for children ...

April 10, 2018

After a near drowning, a teen accepts she's 'a different person'

Recently, Holland Bloorview family therapist Caron Gan sent me this message:‘Yesterday I went to pick up a prescription at my local dru...

April 18, 2018

Christa Couture sees beauty in resilience

Photos by Jen SquiresI was scrolling through Twitter when my eyes locked on an image of a pregnant woman. Taken from the side, her belly ...

September 10, 2015

Think other special-needs parents have it 'together?' Think again

When Autism Comes To Roost: A Family's Journey From Denial to Acceptance is a new parent memoir out next week. Canadian psychologist Alic...

Taking Capes for Kids to new heights

Superheroes from Atwill-Morin rappelled down the exterior of the hospital to kick off Capes for Kids!

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Orthotics and Prosthetics team

November 1, 2023

Fewer disabled students are getting their needs met at school

'I make recommendations that I know realistically may not happen, and I don't know what to tell our families.'

January 23, 2018

'We are hungry for neat, tidy stories.' Grief 'is much more messy'

Last year, several parents whose children had died came to Holland Bloorview staff with an idea: They wanted to hold an annual celebratio...

July 3, 2019

When a child has 24-7 needs, mothers bear the costs

As the mom of a son who had severe asthma and a life-threatening immune condition, Sheila Jennings learned firsthand that it was impossible to work outside the home and tend to her child with complex health needs.

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