BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Disabled parenting is 'messier,' and that's a good thing
'Needing care does not make you incapable of providing care. It doesn’t somehow make you a worse parent if you need help.'
A concert where disabled attendees can be themselves
'He can vocalize, cough, be suctioned, or stretch out on the floor without having to leave the venue space.'
Less social activity starts early in children with cerebral palsy
Preschoolers with cerebral palsy only participated in the community a few times in the last four months, according to a new Holland Bloorview study.
Restraint, isolation of disabled students goes untracked in Ontario
Crisis in the Classroom was based on 541 parent responses to a survey about their child’s experience with restraints, isolation and exclusion in the 2022-23 school year.
The boy who set out on dogsled to find surgery
A new book tells the story of a disabled boy in the 1800s who was treated at SickKids Hospital after travelling 40 miles on his own in a sled pulled by his dog.
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Disability doesn't exist in medical training: study
'The fact that [disability training] is not required and it's not seen as a core part of the medical school curriculum... reinforces the idea that these aren't really your patients.'
Brother fuels this student's passion for social work
Denise Silva is a social work student at Holland Bloorview, connecting families to housing, food, childcare and funding supports.
For Black autistic youth, police interactions can be dangerous
Autistic behaviours become an 'additive risk factor to their Blackness in the context of police interactions.'
Florence died of starvation in B.C. government care
Florence Girard was a 54-year-old woman with Down syndrome. She starved to death in 2018 in a homeshare overseen by a B.C. agency and Crown corporation.
Pediatrician looks for 'moments of connection, happiness and joy'
'I frequently ask parents to brag about their child, so I can understand the child in their natural environment.'
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