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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Virginia Wright volunteered at our rehab hospital as a teen, sparking a 40-year career in physiotherapy and research at Holland Bloorview.
Punjabi Kids' Health brings health and parenting information to 80,000 people in over 40 countries.
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'Sometimes clinicians know a program works but can't show it. How do you prove it's valuable to funders?'
'There's a strong medical model in the United States that says disability is bad and sad.'
Tight muscles caused Lexi to fall repeatedly and experience significant pain. A surgery at SickKids and rehab at Holland Bloorview have been life-changing, her mother Christine says.
Parents of children with chronic conditions are 75 per cent more likely to have depression, and 40 per cent more likely to have anxiety, than parents of children without a chronic condition, a new
In a new JAMA Network article, clinicians say that parents who care for children with high medical needs at home need limits set on their work hours to protect their child's safety and their own
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Little research has been done on what children know about concussion, whether they've experienced the injury or not. Holland Bloorview PhD candidate Katie Mah used drawings to reveal their perceptions
A prosthetic knee designed at Holland Bloorview is reaching amputees in the developing world at an affordable price due to an innovative social enterprise.
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