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.'
'Being a disabled parent is a rebellious act'
"Parenting as disabled people demands we let go of the 'standard' or 'right' way to do something; instead, it's about being creative and flexible."
A tale about the magical bond of brothers
A new book tells the story of how a man helped his brother with Down syndrome recover from depression caused by pandemic isolation.
Humour helps author cope with pain
Abdi Hassan is 26 years old and he's already written a memoir.
Struggling to hang on? Parents share tips for coping with anxiety
'Colouring and terrible reality shows are my go-to during hospital stays or when things are especially rough.'
A mom helps Ukrainian families with autistic children settle in Toronto
'Many had to run away from their homes when it became a war zone, and leave everything behind.'
When a child's medical care becomes a parent's pain
A study explores how hospital experiences can be traumatic for parents of children with complex medical problems.
Your disability can make the hospital an especially dangerous place
'What we speculate in our paper is an underlying systemic discrimination.'
Parents face the challenges of at-home nursing for their fragile son
Paxton needs intensive care. Imagine his mother's horror when she found the night home nurse fast asleep.
Hummingbird turns teen's sounds into voice
'Now she can communicate not just her immediate needs, like I'm hungry, but she can tell us what kind of music she likes, who she wants to hang out with, or what she wants to do.'
In the U.S., COVID was deadliest for people with intellectual disability
Covid was the top cause of death for Americans with intellectual disability in 2020, but the third cause of death for the general population, a new study finds.
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