BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
A deaf girl writes about the pain and beauty of being different
The 12-year-old protagonist of a new book finds herself alienated from her family, who refuse to use sign language.
He ain't heavy, he's my brother
Pamela Merritt, 40, talked about being co-guardian with her sister of her 42-year-old brother, who has profound autism, at the Healthmind...
Women who build community, change minds
With Jen Reeves, Born Just Right (back left), and Julia Roberts, Support for Special Needs (front left), and Christina Shaver (Hopeful Pa...
Flashback
We are at our favourite neighbourhood café. A family of four arrives. Mom wears a long colourful sun dress, her hair in a perfect up-do....
Isn't a person more than a brain?
Oh boy.It's worse than I thought.The hatred against people with intellectual disabilities.Three cases in point.In January a 26-year-old m...
Study flags pain in kids with cerebral palsy
One in four children with cerebral palsy has moderate to severe pain that limits activities, according to a study published yesterday in ...
The Eaton's Centre Ben-style
Yesterday Ben and Ken and I went shopping.We started off in the basement of Buffalo to get some sale shirts. There were a couple of overs...
Rain, BlogHer and child vs parent interests
Ben's favourite weather is rain. When he gets up in the morning he looks for clouds and dark sky out his window. He's been known to appea...
'I am one of them' a doctor with HIV says
You're a newly qualified psychiatrist working on an AIDS unit in a hospital. You're HIV-positive, but you've kept your diagnosis a secret...
'Down' stereotypes automatic, study finds
In Flippity flop I wrote about how people make split-second judgments about children who have facial features associated with genetic syndromes.
Pagination
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