BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
A deaf girl writes about the pain and beauty of being different
The 12-year-old protagonist of a new book finds herself alienated from her family, who refuse to use sign language.
The player
There is a tall, gangly teen on the basketball court outside my window.He carries his right forearm up, his arm bent at a 90-degree angle...
The trove of other mothers
Sandra Stein's life was upended when her healthy toddler fell ill with an autoimmune encephalitis, a condition in which the immune system a...
Let's play 20 questions
By Cheryl PetersLast week with my daughter Jillian at my side a store clerk asked: "Can I ask what's wrong with her?" Seems like an hones...
They are us
Last year I heard Dr. Paul Browde speak about how marginalized people are often reduced to one story, one stereotype, one dimension.Browd...
Where everybody knows your name
Ben's done an amazing co-op program at Variety Village this year. He works at the club two to three days a week, cleaning equipment in th...
'Why do you love Jacob more than us?'
The Boy Who Can is a story about my friend Marcy White's perseverance, creativity and courage in the face of her son Jacob's life-threate...
Chronic pain on campus: 'It's a silent, daily battle'
Judy Sookehan Woo is a part-time student studying sociology, linguistics and women's studies at a university in Western Canada. Judy has ...
A children's rehab doc says goodbye at age 18
In children's rehab, unlike in acute-care, kids and familiesdevelop long-term relationships with clinicians. Dr. GoldaMilo-Manson, a deve...
Parents at centre of online training to bring Zoey Faith home
Home.It's Thunder Bay, and it's where Amanda Mintenko has always wanted to care for her 15-month-old daughter Zoey Faith—along with bro...
'I loved my grief because that was my brother'
Family Life by Akhil Sharma is a semi-autobiographical novel about a family's journey to two new worlds.In 1978 the Mishra family from De...
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