BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Play is at the heart of this nurse's career with hospitalized children
Delivering Christmas stockings and having water pistol fights are some of the ways Irene Simpson made being in hospital fun.
Disabled artists get a new platform for their work
By Megan JonesOpen the closet door in Liz Powers' Boston-area apartment, and you'll comeacross a trove of artworks: a painting of a woman...
A parent's search for acceptance
Perhaps it'sthe nature of Twitter's brevity, but I see a disturbing trend in people tweeting simplistic,declarative statements about how ...
Taking steps, together, with 'Upsee'
By Kara Melissa Sharp When I first heard about the Upsee, I knew I wanted to be a part of the trial. A device that would allow Sebastian to...
Walgreen proves the business case for hiring 'disabled' staff
In 2006 Randy Lewis changed the way Walgreen Co. does business. As senior vice-president of supply chain and logistics for the U.S. drug sto...
'Dr. Darcy' unites research and frontline care
Dr. Darcy Fehlings is a senior clinician-scientist who heads Holland Bloorview's child development program and University of Toronto's di...
A magical bond
Many of you will remember our interview with filmmaker Kelly O'Brien, whose film Softening documents life with her son Teddy, now 7, who ...
Denied child care, this mom opens her own
By Julie BrocklehurstBrennen was my first and only child, and like any expectant mother, I had dreams of giving birth to a healthy, happy...
When science doesn't have all the answers
It's on the list.My son's rare genetic deletion is on the list of disorders identified by microarray analysis of a fetus's DNA. It was a ...
From cocoon to cold reality
By Jennifer JohannesenWhen my son was very young, I was an enthusiastic participant in what I now think of as the “rehab machinery” o...
Return on disability
This story on CBC's The National last night looks at the economic benefits of hiring people with disabilities. It includes an interview w...
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