BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Workshop explores tensions between clinicians and parents
'They said they were trained to be hyper-positive, but sometimes the parent isn’t in that space. Often there is a big, gaping hole of despair that no one wants to look at.'
When a child is in crisis, parents need a 'safe space'
'Sometimes the best thing I can do is really be there with them and hold a difficult feeling with them. It might not be psychotherapy the way you learn about it in school, but it's very therapeutic.'
Families struggle to afford medical care for a disabled child
Families with disabled children were almost two times as likely to have difficulty paying medical bills and to delay or forgo care for their child due to cost.
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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Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
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.
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