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Sadie opened my eyes to reading bias: Audiobooks don't count
By Emily UrquhartLast week, I encouraged my daughter, Sadie, 7, to cheat at school. At least she saw it that way. I'd suggested that duri...
Family fund is a lifeline, but demand outstrips supply
Anyone who knows Geoffrey Feldman knows that he's an extraordinary parent.“I'm not a typical dad,” he says with a chuckle.At 76, Geof...
While cute, Gerber's baby unlikely to prompt major social change
CBC's The Current ran an interesting series of interviews this morning about Down syndrome and some of the conflicting messages we hear a...
A girl who wanted to disappear becomes 'The Pretty One'
Keah Brown is an American writer working on a book called The Pretty One, which is a collection of essays about living as a disabled woma...
Carrying friend in backpack, next stop China
In 2016 we told you about Kevan Chandler's trip to Europe with friends who carried him in a modified backpack when places wouldn't accomm...
New hub to address developmental disabilities, mental illness
The Azrieli Foundation has given $10.4-million to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health to create the first centre in Canada to supp...
'It's nice to know we're not alone'
Photo by Rachel FriesenRachel Martens is hosting a CP-Net webinar on Thurs. Feb. 8 from 12-1 p.m. called Finding Community: Social Media ...
'I am woman, I am black, I am doctor'
Chika Stacy Oriuwa has written a brilliant piece in Flare about being the only black medical student in her University of Toronto class.C...
Raising a disabled child in an abled world takes a toll
Today is Bell Let's Talk day and we want to join the dialogue by talking about mental health and parenting children with disabilities.Ove...
Stars for children who die, and those who remember
In 2012, Connor McHardy, 7, “got his star,” says his mother Mindy. It's one of 370 glass stars on the wall in the playroom at Roger N...
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