A prosthetic knee designed at Holland Bloorview is reaching amputees in the developing world at an affordable price due to an innovative social enterprise.
This piece by Susan Senator (centre), author of Making Peace With Autism and the Autism Mom's Survival Guide (for Dad's too!) touched me. Susan always writes with great honesty and insight about raising her son Nat (left)
Many of you know Brenda Agnew, the powerhouse behind the Parent Advocacy Link (PAL) Facebook group that connects over 1,500 parents of children with disabilities to share practical and emotional support. You may not know that Brenda’s son Maclain, 10, has disabilities that stemmed as a newborn from…
I just finished The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Stories of Life, Death and Hope and I can't get the images of author Christie Watson's British patients out of my head.
Shawna Perkins loves to play. The art therapist spends her days with babies and young children in Holland Bloorview’s therapeutic playroom. Her little patients may be here for rehab following a painful surgery, to recover from a traumatic brain injury, or because their parents need to learn how to…
n 2014, Maya Wechsler and Greg Masucci made a drastic life change. They moved from a row house off a busy street in Washington, D.C. to a fixer-upper house on 24 acres in Bluemont, Va. They were tired of fighting for a good education for their son Max, now 10, who has autism, and wanted a simpler,…
Dr. Rageen Rajendram is a Developmental Pediatrician at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, holding a medical, pediatrics and developmental pediatric degrees from the University of Toronto. His work intersects developmental disorders, clinical informatics and artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on enhancing care for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Dr.
Susannah Van Damme is an Occupational Therapist with over 20 years of clinical pediatric experience. As Team Lead for the Clinical Brain Computer Interface (BCI) Program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, she focuses on developing BCI programming and establishing best practices in the use of BCIs in pediatrics.