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.
Are kids with 'behaviours' bad?
The other night I woke with a vivid memory.I was in junior high taking band class. Because I didn't step up quickly when the horn instrum...
How misguided values make us sick
A number of stories crossed my desk recently that made me think about how our cultureassigns value to people and how this disadvantages f...
Emilie's world tour unites children with disabilities
Emilie, 9 (centre), is travelling the world from her home of Lyon, France to meet children with disabilities, learn about their experienc...
One moment, forever changed
Sofia Aliremembers her brother Malik as a“really athletic four-year-old, enthusiastic about learning and the bestbrother I could ever h...
Dear Compassion
I just returned from a moving workshop at Mount Sinai Hospital called Postcards from the Edge: Addressing Compassion Fatigue in Note Form...
I loved it
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Sideswiped
"Is he mentally retarded?" she asks.I am holding my 19-month-old son in my arms at a visit to a dental clinic in a children's hospital.I'...
Sitting in judgment
In October,New Jersey State Supreme Court Justice Helen E. Hoens (right) stepped down,saying she developed the qualities essential in a j...
What's wrong with wanting a 'mini-me?'
Thiscomment on the blog of a parent stopped me in my tracks (if you read down in the post you'll see the comment reprint in full). It's f...
Anne Geddes' lens reflects resilience
Australianphotographer Anne Geddes is known for capturing the innocence of babies inbumble-bee and acorn costumes that replicate life in ...
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