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.'
Want to know what kids think? Just ask
Tommy (in orange shirt) and Martin Tobon (foreground) are nine-year-old twins.Martin likes building Legos. Tommy prefers to swim. But he ...
How many red flags on mental health do we need?
Very high stress levels in 17 per cent of Canadians who care for a child or adult with a health condition or disability was flagged as a ...
A brother's story fuels autism researcher
“I sit here and think ‘How did I get so lucky?'” says Susan Day Fragiadakis, a research assistant in Holland Bloorview's Autism Res...
Slip slidin' away
Yikes.The Canadian winter is treacherous for youth who use wheelchairs or walkers finds a Holland Bloorview study published in Disability...
Acceptance: What does it mean to you?
There is a very cool group called 3E Love Network that promotes acceptance of disability.Today is their International Day of Acceptance.T...
BLOOM media roundup
Girl advocate for disabled American Girl doll to write book KickstarterLast year Melissa Shang, then 10 (above), got almost 150,000 peopl...
Nick knew how to take the pain away
When I first got to know Nick Joachimides (above centre), it was in his role as a nurse educator at Holland Bloorview.Nick was part of a ...
'How poor are they who have not patience'
Patience.It's a quality that doesn't rank high in our competitive, consuming, instant-gratification culture. We want things, and we want ...
Israeli military opens training to disabled youth
Special in Uniform is a world-first: a four-year training program that prepares youth with disabilities to serve in the Israeli Defence F...
Would your kid like to do this?
Wheel Dance is a Canadian non-profit hoping to bring ballroom dancing classes to children with disabilities.“It's a great physical work...
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