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.'
A voice for Andrew
Holly Zhuang's brother Andrew (above left) died in September. Holly spoke for him and 300,000 Ontario children with special needs at a me...
'Disabilities' day and discrimination
It's the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.If you're looking for an uplifting post, please see our piece yesterday about spe...
'You are going to be Dads'
At a recent BLOOM event I met a new dad, Rob Foslett. Rob's face lit up when he told me that he and his partner had recently adopted a yo...
A lesson in love
Donna Kirk is the author of FindingMatthew: A Child with Brain Damage, A Young Man with Mental Illness, A Son andBrother with Extraordina...
And the truth shall set you free
I remember when my son was still a baby, a psychiatrist told me that I needed to play a "PR role" in how I introduced him to others. He s...
In autism, we confuse IQ with happiness
Does being smarter make you happier? Not necessarily, says Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, a childneurologist and clinician scientist in the Auti...
How the suburbs swayed me
Last year Sue Robins wrote an anonymous BLOOM piece about her son's deteriorating school situation. "I see now that I felt I had to be an...
Meet Arthur Fleischmann
Arthur Fleischmann, author of Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism, tracks the remarkable journey of his daughter Carly, who has autism...
Our kids in the media
When I walked into Kumon today with my boys, I was thrilled to see a pile of ParentsCanada magazines on the table with a cover photo of t...
Who decides what's beautiful?
Carly Fleischmann, a University of Toronto student with autism and a prominent disability advocate, has launched a brilliant Facebook cam...
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