BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov hopes his research will shift medical culture from a need to ‘fix’ patients to a commitment to “be with, to not abandon, to value.'
'I want them to dive completely into the creative process and learn what sounds they like and how fast or slow they want to play.'
'The transitions guide walks you through understanding and learning different skills and then gives you the examples, resources and tools you need to start trying them.'
This is a story about what happens when health workers listen to a child's parents, and what happens when they don't.
'I've found working with families helps a great deal to identify how best to work with a child. They know the child's preferences and how to best communicate with them.'
Check out our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
'To this day I'm still asking questions and there's no real set answers to a lot of the challenges we encounter.'
'I'm sorry, but your son's surgery has been cancelled.' The words are so unbelievable that at first they hang in the air, like icicles.
In a new Pediatrics study, American parents of children with disabilities said doctors discriminated against their children.
'I think empathy is one of the most important qualities in a physician.'
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