BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Music helped this artist find her voice
'Children with disabilities, or who are hospitalized, don't have the same access to nature. Art is a way back in to being a human being in the world...'
For days doctors dismissed dad's concern that his child was critically ill
This is a story about what happens when health workers listen to a child's parents, and what happens when they don't.
Drawn to children's rehab nursing by a playful culture
'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.'
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A physiotherapist studies how exercise can repair the brain
'To this day I'm still asking questions and there's no real set answers to a lot of the challenges we encounter.'
Taking a stand
'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.
Clinicians devalue and shun children with medical complexity, study finds
In a new Pediatrics study, American parents of children with disabilities said doctors discriminated against their children.
Hospital volunteer heads to medical school: 'I learned how to show I care'
'I think empathy is one of the most important qualities in a physician.'
A doctor struggles to navigate the health system for his son
'If you're a parent to a disabled child the doctor has no time. It's in their bodies, in the way they come in the door, the way they leave.'
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Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Disabled women face serious care gaps after giving birth
'If I was high risk in pregnancy, how does that disappear when I get home?'
Pagination
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