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'Merrywood' sparked my passion to work in rehab
By Meaghan WalkerPeople who say Disney World is the most magical place on earth have clearly never been to Merrywood Easter Seals camp.Me...
Framing disability only as economic burden fuels hate
An editorial in Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper Saturday suggests that the massacre of 19 disabled adults in a Tokyo care home one month ...
Vogue's Paralympics ad fail
Oh dear.I saw a tweet yesterday about how Vogue Brazil had photoshopped an amputated arm and a prosthetic leg from two Brazilian Paralymp...
Best source of rehab ideas? Parents, says research head
Biomedical engineer Tom Chau came to Holland Bloorview the same year I did—in 1999. Tom trained computer chips to empower children who ...
Why child disability research belongs in mainstream journals
Children with disabilities are two to three times more likely to have obesity than their peers.Yet when Holland Bloorview scientist Amy M...
'Without disability I don't know if I'd have discovered my sport'
Erica Scarff, 20, is on her way to Rio next month to race a kayak in the paracanoe event as it makes its debut at the Paralympics. BLOOM ...
'It was the greatest gig ever:' Bloorview teacher Shelley Neal
After 32 years as a teacher-librarian, Shelley Neal's life has come first circle. “When I was a little girl in public school I remember...
A therapist harnesses the power of play
Salma Kassam landed her first job as an occupational therapist at Holland Bloorview 22 years ago and has been here ever since. She works ...
When there are no medical answers
"This is not my fault."That was the key message I picked up on resilience when I read this Facebook post by Lean In author Sheryl Sandber...
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