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.'
Adapting toys to help kids get around
Every day this week we'll release one in a new series of short Holland Bloorview videos that convey the work we do and the spirit we brin...
Can a robotic bear help kids in hospital feel better?
This video today on The New York Times looks at whether a teddy bear robot can help reduce anxiety, pain and loneliness in kids who are h...
When humour, stories are the best medicine
When Emma Evans (right) couldn't sleep in the middle of the night after a bone and muscle-lengthening surgery, the best medicine was a Ho...
Seeing 'as if for the first time'
By Janice BenninkLately I started wondering how my parenting may have added to the challenges of my son's anxiety disorder, which goes ha...
'Making friends' an unexpected rehab gift, parents say
Jimena Ortiz and Ricardo Menendez say one of the greatest gifts of their son Sebastian's inpatient stay at Holland Bloorview was the frie...
The blame game
This morning I woke up with a sense of dread. My chest felt like an aching black bruise.I'd read this piece in The New York Times Magazin...
First steps for a boy attached to an oxygen tank
A couple of weeks ago I got to meet the most adorable child you see above. His name is Branko, and he's almost four, and his mom Jennifer...
Why I don't believe 'disabled' dolls invoke pity
I was so psyched when I heard that British toy company Makies was creating dolls with disabilities and differences, like a birthmark on t...
Could special-needs parenting 'stress' be good?
There's been so much research recently about how chronic stress puts parents of kids with disabilities at greater risk of physical and me...
Sisters: 'Look at me, I'm disabled too!'
By Jessica GeboersWhen I was a child doing physical therapy at Grandview, my younger sister Avery climbed into a nearby hand-bike and beg...
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