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July 3, 2019

When a child has 24-7 needs, mothers bear the costs

As the mom of a son who had severe asthma and a life-threatening immune condition, Sheila Jennings learned firsthand that it was impossible to work outside the home and tend to her child with complex health needs.

January 23, 2018

'We are hungry for neat, tidy stories.' Grief 'is much more messy'

Last year, several parents whose children had died came to Holland Bloorview staff with an idea: They wanted to hold an annual celebratio...

November 1, 2023

Fewer disabled students are getting their needs met at school

'I make recommendations that I know realistically may not happen, and I don't know what to tell our families.'

January 21, 2022

Mom investigates parents' role in shared medical decisions

'They're the quarterback, talking to all the clinicians who are helping their child and chatting with other families in similar situations and bringing their personal experience.'

September 27, 2021

In humanistic approach, patients are agents of their own health care

'The client is recognized and acknowledged as the expert of their own lived experience...There's no giving advice.'

May 26, 2021

A disabled sister is at the heart of a memoir about how we train doctors

'When I look at myself in the hospital as a clinician, all the things I think I do exceptionally well, my rarest gifts, they're all things I learned from her.'

January 20, 2021

PEARL Interactives among winners of Spinal Cord Rehab Innovation Challenge

Winning innovation by the start-up company will be customized to help youth living with spinal cord injuries

PRISM Lab - Media Archive

The prism lab's research has been featured in many television, radio, and print news channels. Below is an archive of past ...

Gillian King, PhD