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Finding the music in everyone
The other day I posted a call for story ideas on the BLOOM Facebook page. Karen Bojti wrote: “Another ‘out of the box' person I have...
'Trust your instincts. That's what I tell parents'
Fahima Afroze is a biomedical engineer with three daughters. Myreen, 11, has autism and Zafreen, 8, has cerebral palsy.When Farzeen, now ...
These parents took a year off to learn to 'speak Oskar'
Photos by Alia YoussefBeyond The Spectrum is a candid, captivating film about autism that pushes you to think and see in different ways. ...
This and that, including autism and siblings
Photo by Alia Youssef Beyond the Spectrum is a brilliant film about a Canadian mom and dad who take a year off to do therapy with their s...
Wanted: Surrogate parents
Any parent of a child with disabilities will tell you that advocating for a good education for their child can be one of the most challen...
Racist, sexist words by patients, work peers plague hospitals
In the last month, a few studies about racist and sexist comments in medicine crossed my desk. One survey is about bigoted comments made ...
Jonathan Mooney calls out our 'rhetoric of differences'
Author Jonathan Mooney has a brilliant piece in the New York Times' disability series this week: You are special! Now stop being differen...
Falling asleep on a home-care night shift spurs nurse's research
Krista Keilty is a nurse practitioner and visiting scholar at the Bloorview Research Institute who studies parents who care for children ...
Kids with autism spark this scientist's inventions
Azadeh Kushki (centre) is a scientist at Holland Bloorview who analyzes patterns in children's brain and behaviour data to guide treatmen...
Media roundup
Goodness, we haven't done this for a long time. Below are some recent stories related to disability, parenting and health.But first, many...
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