Check out the May issue of BLOOM

By Louise Kinross

Please read and share our May e-letter!

Here are some quotes to pique your interest.

From the dad of a non-speaking boy with autism who received a voice device at Holland Bloorview: “It just opened up a new world of communication for us. It allowed him to finally share all these ideas and thoughts in his head that he couldn’t communicate to us before.” (See A Family Like Mine)

From BLOOM columnist Anchel Krishna on her daughter’s new power chair: “Power chairs are heavy and dangerous if you run over someone’s toes. What no one prepared us for were people walking directly into Syona's path.”(See Getting Around)

From the mother of a Black son who was sent home with two bottles of morphine after painful limb lengthening surgery, who then learned white children received four on discharge. “… My son… not giving him enough morphine. Like do you think we’re drug addicts?” (See Research Hits)

From yours truly: “I was reading the new book Joyful, Anyway by bestselling Canadian author Kate Bowler when she writes: ‘Will I ever feel valued? … Less like a moron…?’ Up to that point I was enjoying her take on how we can find joy in the midst of suffering. But when she described herself as a ‘moron,’ I put the book down.” (See From The Editor)

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