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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
I remember when my son was still a baby, a psychiatrist told me that I needed to play a "PR role" in how I introduced him to others. He s...
Does being smarter make you happier? Not necessarily, says Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, a childneurologist and clinician scientist in the Auti...
Last year Sue Robins wrote an anonymous BLOOM piece about her son's deteriorating school situation. "I see now that I felt I had to be an...
Arthur Fleischmann, author of Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism, tracks the remarkable journey of his daughter Carly, who has autism...
When I walked into Kumon today with my boys, I was thrilled to see a pile of ParentsCanada magazines on the table with a cover photo of t...
Carly Fleischmann, a University of Toronto student with autism and a prominent disability advocate, has launched a brilliant Facebook cam...
By KateWilsonIn mymid-20s, my father suffered a serious heart attack. One of the things he wasprescribed to help in his recovery and deal...
By Farrah SattaurI went to my firstYouth Drop In dance in May. This was a big deal because in the past my anxietyprevented me from going ...
Ade Adepitan (right) is a British Paralympic basketballmedal-winner, an actor and a filmmaker whose documentary Journey of My Lifetime to...
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