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BLOOM story sparks CTV piece on prosthetic designs
We shared this story in our last BLOOM e-letter about an innovative company in Victoria, B.C. that's blurring the line between prosthetic...
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Framing disability only as economic burden fuels hate
An editorial in Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper Saturday suggests that the massacre of 19 disabled adults in a Tokyo care home one month ...
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Grandma gets UK retailer to adapt clothes for easy access
By Rita KuttMy grandson Caleb had a very difficult start to life, which included seizures.Last year when he turned three, his mum Zoe and...
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'It was the greatest gig ever:' Bloorview teacher Shelley Neal
After 32 years as a teacher-librarian, Shelley Neal's life has come first circle. “When I was a little girl in public school I remember...
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That's not a problem. It's a power!
By Megan JonesWhen acting, Jessica Thom never stays on script. In fact, she's neurologically incapable of it: the London, U.K.-based perf...
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Vogue's Paralympics ad fail
Oh dear.I saw a tweet yesterday about how Vogue Brazil had photoshopped an amputated arm and a prosthetic leg from two Brazilian Paralymp...
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When there are no medical answers
"This is not my fault."That was the key message I picked up on resilience when I read this Facebook post by Lean In author Sheryl Sandber...
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Why child disability research belongs in mainstream journals
Children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to have obesity than their peers.Yet when Holland Bloorview scientist Amy M...
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'Without disability I don't know if I'd have discovered my sport'
Erica Scarff, 20, is on her way to Rio next month to race a kayak in the paracanoe event as it makes its debut at the Paralympics. BLOOM ...
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'Advocacy is draining:' A reader responds
A couple of weeks ago we launched the latest in our A Family Like Mine video series: 'The children that we have... they're just as human'...
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