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What I consider when writing about my son
By Kari Wagner-PeckMy book Not Always Happy: An Unusual Parenting Journey comes out on May 16. Yes—I'm one of those people who finds th...
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'When I'm swimming, I feel normal'
Swim Team is a gorgeous documentary about a competitive New Jersey swim team made up largely of Latino and Asian youth with autism. It fo...
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When parents leave the unit 'they're incredibly capable'
Dr. Andrea Hoffman is a developmental pediatrician who works with children with complex medical problems on our inpatient units and in ou...
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A dad's view of the NICU
Bob Moran is a political cartoonist for The Telegraph newspaper in Britain. In 2015, he illustrated a heartfelt memoir about his daughter...
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Cartoonist draws about his life as Poppy's dad
In 2015, British Telegraph cartoonist Bob Moran illustrated a heartfelt memoir about his daughter's birth with a brain injury. Called Fat...
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Designs make wheelchairs a work of art
Izzy Wheels is a business that sells designer spoke guards created by Irish sisters Ailbhe and Izzy Keane. Izzy uses a wheelchair. Growin...
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Kenyan moms sew a better life for kids
Photos by Chelsea DeeIn 2013, BLOOM covered a unique sewing project in Maai Mahiu, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya, that was changing the liv...
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Like gender, ability is more fluid than we think
I was at a fabulous workshop at Holland Bloorview yesterday on how to create places that include and respect people who are lesbian, gay,...
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Mindfulness cuts parental stress, depression
What would best support parents of adult children with developmental disabilities who've left school and fall into a black-hole of servic...
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Mom writes book to help kids talk about differences
“This is me,” Sheriauna said proudly when she saw the book her mom Sherylee Honeyghan had published. The cover is of a young black gi...
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