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'This film reminded me that healing and growth happen when we stop hiding parts of ourselves and let others in.'
'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.'
'Sometimes the best thing I can do is really be there with them and hold a difficult feeling with them. It might not be psychotherapy the way you learn about it in school, but it's very therapeutic.'
Families with disabled children were almost two times as likely to have difficulty paying medical bills and to delay or forgo care for their child due to cost.
'Needing care does not make you incapable of providing care. It doesn’t somehow make you a worse parent if you need help.'
'He can vocalize, cough, be suctioned, or stretch out on the floor without having to leave the venue space.'
Preschoolers with cerebral palsy only participated in the community a few times in the last four months, according to a new Holland Bloorview study.
Crisis in the Classroom was based on 541 parent responses to a survey about their child’s experience with restraints, isolation and exclusion in the 2022-23 school year.
A new book tells the story of a disabled boy in the 1800s who was treated at SickKids Hospital after travelling 40 miles on his own in a sled pulled by his dog.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
'The fact that [disability training] is not required and it's not seen as a core part of the medical school curriculum... reinforces the idea that these aren't really your patients.'
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