BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Making space for dads in caregiving
'I needed permission to show up imperfectly and to be a different kind of father than the one shaped by cultural expectations.'
Designs make wheelchairs a work of art
Izzy Wheels is a business that sells designer spoke guards created by Irish sisters Ailbhe and Izzy Keane. Izzy uses a wheelchair. Growin...
Mindfulness cuts parental stress, depression
What would best support parents of adult children with developmental disabilities who've left school and fall into a black-hole of servic...
When parents leave the unit 'they're incredibly capable'
Dr. Andrea Hoffman is a developmental pediatrician who works with children with complex medical problems on our inpatient units and in ou...
Filming autistic swim team changed mom
Swim Team is a feature documentary about the sense of community and joy three youth with autism experience swimming on a competitive team...
'When I'm swimming, I feel normal'
Swim Team is a gorgeous documentary about a competitive New Jersey swim team made up largely of Latino and Asian youth with autism. It fo...
How Western ideas about success fail disabled youth
Much has been written about how using normal development as a rehab benchmark sets disabled kids up to fail and devalues different ways o...
For this scientist, a healthy weight isn't a number
Amy McPherson is a scientist at Holland Bloorview who is co-lead of our Centre for Leadership in Participation and Inclusion. Amy's resea...
Kudos to Johnson's Baby for its new ad
Johnson's Baby released a new ad that features a child with Down syndrome for Mother's Day. It begins with a close-up of a baby's beautif...
Students run concussion rehab program for youth
There's little science to show how to best help youth with concussions who continue to be bothered by headaches, fatigue and dizziness.A ...
What I consider when writing about my son
By Kari Wagner-PeckMy book Not Always Happy: An Unusual Parenting Journey comes out on May 16. Yes—I'm one of those people who finds th...
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