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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)
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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,…
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Two stories about horrific, entirely preventable deaths of people with disabilities crossed my desk.
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L-R the students are: Liane Daiter, Mallory Kent, Season Kam and Alin Khodaverdian.October 17 - This year, a research team from Holland B...
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n 2013, Swiss disability group Pro Infirmis created a powerful ad called Because who is perfect?
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If you didn't see this CBC White Coat, Black Art town hall on the crisis facing youth with complex disabilities aging out of the services and funding they and their families depend on, it's well worth the listen. It's packed with firsthand stories from parents, a young adult with a…
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