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Holiday closures: our outpatient programs will be closed from Dec. 25, 2024 to Jan. 1, 2025. Regular services resume January 2, 2024. Day program will be closed from Dec. 23 to Dec. 27, 2024 inclusive, and will be closed on Jan. 1, 2025. Orthotics and prosthetics will be available for urgent care.

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Finding the music in everyone
The other day I posted a call for story ideas on the BLOOM Facebook page. Karen Bojti wrote: “Another ‘out of the box' person I have...
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Struggling to hang on? Parents share tips for coping with anxiety
'Colouring and terrible reality shows are my go-to during hospital stays or when things are especially rough.'
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'Trust your instincts. That's what I tell parents'
Fahima Afroze is a biomedical engineer with three daughters. Myreen, 11, has autism and Zafreen, 8, has cerebral palsy.When Farzeen, now ...
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Autistic adults over three times as likely to die early, Ontario study finds
Are there 'things we're doing in our health system that contribute to why a group of people is more likely to die young?'
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CDARS Lab Publications and Links
CDARS Lab Publications and Links (Illustration by Jana Osterman) The CDARS unit conducts research investigating the social, cultural and ...
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Welcome to starry nights, cozy beds and all-terrain wheelchairs. Four Corners makes glamping accessible
'Our mission is to improve accessibility to the outdoors.'
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BLOOM media roundup
Looking for an interesting read? Check out the disability and parenting stories we've collected recently. But first, I'd like to introduc...
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Sadie opened my eyes to reading bias: Audiobooks don't count
By Emily UrquhartLast week, I encouraged my daughter, Sadie, 7, to cheat at school. At least she saw it that way. I'd suggested that duri...
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Canadian study identifies genetic link to cause of cerebral palsy
Toronto (August 3, 2017) - A Canadian study published in Genetics in Medicine today has identified a genetic link that may explain how ce...
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U of T course makes room for kids who grow 'sideways'
A couple of years ago I connected with Anne McGuire, an assistant professor in the Equity Studies Program at the University of Toronto, after she co-wrote a critique of the Hospital for Sick Children's SickKids VS ad from a disability perspective. 
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