BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.

BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Check out our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
The Statistics Canada study found the largest differences in income growth between men with and without childhood-onset disability who had university degrees.
'To this day I'm still asking questions and there's no real set answers to a lot of the challenges we encounter.'
In a new Pediatrics study, American parents of children with disabilities said doctors discriminated against their children.
'What these individuals needed was a society where they felt they belonged.'
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
'The health disparity between mothers of children with and without disabilities disappeared in families with higher incomes.'
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Longer survival was found in counties with only one Black primary-care doctor.
'Neurodevelopmental conditions like autism or ADHD may not have a unique brain signature. This is important because a lot of our treatments, services and supports are based on diagnostic labels.'
'Most health professionals don't have close relationships with autistic people. This needs to be part of their training and work environment.'
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