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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.
Veronika says the support she's had from other parents on the unit has been key to her ability to cope.
'I see that our nurses and clinicians treat the children as if they were their own. That brings me joy.'
'There's a strong medical model in the United States that says disability is bad and sad.'
Holland Bloorview therapeutic clown Helen Donnelly talks about living with incurable cancer.
Every Monday, adults with vision loss from around the world join Krishna Washburn's online ballet class.
The Pot family was able to purchase Wheelblades for daughters Rachel and Janneke, and have them covered by Ontario's Special Services at Home funding.
“He said intubating her was a matter of risk versus quality of life. I was like ‘But she has quality of life.’ And he looked at me and goes, ‘Oh, she can walk? And talk?’”
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In 2008 this Ontario gymnast was on track to compete at the 2012 Olympics. A fall during a dismount left her paralyzed. She tells us what's happened since.
'The biggest take away from my life is that a kid who has a shorter and weaker leg is playing soccer and scoring goals. I tell other kids with disabilities to start by getting involved and doing
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