BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Workshop explores tensions between clinicians and parents
'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.'
When I advocate for Thorin, I see Monty too
By Kari Wagner-PeckMy son Thorin lives with Down syndrome. Early on, professionals and lay people repeatedly assured us that all children...
'Neglect' contributed to autistic teen's death in NHS unit
In 2013 Connor Sparrowhawk (with sister Rosie) drowned in a bath following a seizure in a National Health Services treatment unit in Oxfo...
What one mom did to get her disabled son on the playground
Andrea Davila is leading a project that's raised over $500,000 to build a barrier-free playground at Deer Park Public School in Toronto. ...
How you rate BLOOM
What do people most often read on BLOOM?“Real family stories” is the most popular content on our blog and in our magazine and e-lette...
Tuesday morning read and listen
Who knew the Blue Lagoon in Iceland markets its services to wheelchair users and those with other special needs?Check out CurbFree by Cor...
Maritza's dream: Games that make therapy fun
By Megan JonesIt started with her brother. Maritza Basaran remembers sitting with him years ago, playing video games. Jaimie, who has aut...
She shoots, Cam saves!
Cam Jenkins is Holland Bloorview's family support fund and accommodations administrator. But in his spare time, he's a goalie with the Si...
How to run parent-to-parent support
Parenting a child with a complex, life-threatening medical condition and disabilities is stressful and isolating.Some of the best support...
Inventive, accessible? That's what Spiral Garden is all about
Many of you are familiar with Spiral Garden, Holland Bloorview's artist-run garden that brings children with and without disabilities tog...
A radical idea: Be friends, make movies, respect disability
Zeno Mountain Farm in Vermont has an unusual mission: create lifelong friendships by bringing together diverse people to make films and p...
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