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.'
Are you a special-needs parent? Dream, fail, do it again!
When my son was about two-and-a-half, I called a family support line at Holland Bloorview and the kind voice at the end of the line was J...
Are we really from a different planet?
Editor's note: No, this piece is not related to my Facebook post about my "bad day" today. It happened a few days ago. But I couldn't get...
Focused on access: Photographer launches new app
Maayan Ziv found her life passion by accident. After landing in New York on a high school trip, her power wheelchair broke down.She could...
The Hungarian mom who started the play revolution
This is the Hungarian mom who was frustrated because her child with disability couldn't play with his siblings and peers at the playgroun...
Our very own Nydia Langill lights Parapan Am torch
Long-time Holland Bloorview client and elite swimmer Nydia Langill lit the Parapan Am Games torch last night in Mississauga. I met Nydia ...
Hungarian seesaw fits kids of all abilities
Earlier this year I received a message from a parent in Hungary: “We are a group of parents from Hungary who raise special-needs childr...
At this camp 'disability didn't matter'
By Jessica Geboers“Ooh / There is a camp I know/ and it lies on the Rideau / and they call it Merrywood / and you know, they really sho...
Starting JK? It's a breeze, unless your kid has special needs
By Stephanie Ly Our daughter Pepper will turn four this year, and though she's not your average four-year-old, she'll start kindergarten i...
Team Bryson: Quiet but mighty in NYC parade
By Laura WilliamsLast weekend, my family decided to take the ultimate road trip to New York City. The idea started about five months ago ...
Why is Guy Mitchell's death receiving so little coverage?
It's shameful that the death of Guy Mitchell (left), an adult with disabilities who drowned after falling into a cistern at an Ontario-fu...
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