BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.

BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
'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.'
Becky Quinlan (top right) can't say enough about the benefits of Connect2care—a new secure portal that gives parents and kids access to...
In 2013 Connor Sparrowhawk (with sister Rosie) drowned in a bath alone in a National Health Services assessment and treatment unit in Oxf...
Meet Julia Hanigsberg, the new president and CEO of Holland Bloorview (in photo with daughter Rachel). Julia comes to us from Ryerson Uni...
‘Our Curse' tells the story of a Polish couple whose son Leo is born with a rare syndrome that prevents him from breathing while asleep...
This is Katie Hebert with her doll with a stomach feeding tube and brother Nathan. "We heated up a skewer and used it to melt a hole in t...
Check out this video of Rick Mercer spending a day at Variety Village, the fitness and sports club in Scarborough, Ont. for people with a...
In January I wrote about Melissa Shang, a girl who at age 10 got 150,000 people to sign a petition asking American Girl to release a doll...
Looking for an interesting read? Check out the disability and parenting stories we've collected recently. But first, I'd like to introduc...
By Marcy WhiteI hate Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). On March 21, 2003, I was told that PMD was the cause of my son Jacob's many med...
By Jennifer Philp ZakicI have a confession: whenever I enter a new place, I scan the room for signs of infection. I look for runny noses,...
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