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.'
Mother-daughter duo start disability-positive clothing line
'One of my friends wore her hat to Disney World and said so many people came up to her to comment on its message.'
A mother's leadership inspires this occupational therapist
'You need to be adaptable. You can't always go into a session with a prescribed plan, because kids are unique and constantly changing.'
Diagnostic silos hold disability research back
Labels are 'hurting how we build health care for a lot of kids that have needs that cut across conditions.'
Unequal health care leads many with disabilities to die early
People with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than those without due to avoidable and unjust factors, according to a global report from the World Health Organization.
'Life is worth living in all sorts of bodies and minds'
'I was not simply Jason's brother and often his caretaker. Jason was my best friend and the joy of being able to have him in my life is completely irreplaceable.'
Website on disability and sex breaks taboos while it educates
'Because I'm an electric wheelchair user, my high school gave me the option to dial out of gym, where they do general sex education.'
A mother's story fuels this nurse's passion
'When families here talk about the terror they feel when they see their child seizing, I can go back to that moment when I first saw my mother seizing and thought she was dying.'
Check out the new BLOOM
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Zak Priest talks about his latest role as Daddy
'She’s just a bundle of energy. She's the biggest go-getter I've ever met in my life.'
Ontario raises the income cap for disability support recipients. What does it mean?
'It sounds good, but even with the change we’re still talking about people being at bare poverty level.'
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