Service alert

Due to scheduled maintenance on the hospital’s telephone system, inbound calls to the main hospital number will be impacted on Friday, Feb. 13, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. For urgent needs during this time, please call the emergency backup line: 416-467-7111.

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Carrying friend in backpack, next stop China
In 2016 we told you about Kevan Chandler's trip to Europe with friends who carried him in a modified backpack when places wouldn't accomm...
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'I love it if someone needs help and I can help'
If you're a parent staying at Holland Bloorview with your child, chances are you know Berthe Nabico. Berthe has been a housekeeper here f...
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BLOOM media roundup
Looking for a read or video that will make you think? Check out these disability, health and parenting stories we've collected recently. ...
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Leading change, transforming lives
How Holland Bloorview healthcare providers, researchers are making a big impact in STEAM
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Born deaf, this nurse makes it her mission to help patients feel heard
'I understand how much of a struggle communication can be. I understand how frustrating it can be when someone can't understand what you're trying to say.'
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After losing a limb, Zoe finds horse riding 'freeing'
'As a kid, I was kind of oblivious to what happened. But as I got older I became more insecure and tried to hide that my leg was missing.'
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How a family that shares a genetic condition creates a vision
By Kenneth SpringerI've been pondering what to write for BLOOM given that I'm a parent with a disability and have two children who have i...
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Tom Chau, PhD, PEng

Visit the PRISM Lab

Research

Research Focus:

Dr. Chau and his PRISM lab have focused on access innovations in recent years.  Access innovations include the discovery, design, and evaluation of novel pathways by which children and youth can communicate or interact with their environment in the absence of functional speech and gestures.

Research Focus (Academic Version)

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Poster Abstracts
THEME: Evaluation of Care Jessica Brian,Isabel Smith,Theresa McCormick,Erin Dowds,Wendy Roberts,Lonnie Zwaigenbaum,Susan Bryson, et al. E...
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'We Carry Kevan' aims to inspire a new model of inclusive travel
Kevan Chandler paid a visit to Holland Bloorview last week on a tour to promote his new book We Carry Kevan: Six friends. Three countries. No wheelchair.
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