BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
The callous way the system breaks trust with families
The BLOOM Editor writes about the careless disregard parents are treated with when attempting to access funding or services for their child.
It's time to include disability in the picture
Watch our new Dear Everybody video and see how many ads and TV shows with characters with disabilities you recognize. Look out for musicians, athletes and actors with a disability too!
COVID-19 makes return to school all the harder
Canadian and American surveys suggest the pandemic makes back to school harder for families with children with disabilities.
Autism is at the heart of an Irish teen's dazzling memoir about nature
High on a mountain, Dara McAnulty gleans 'ever smell, sound, flutter, flicker, until it takes up all the space in my head.' Then he puts it on paper, so we can experience it.
Nursing chief reflects on 'beautiful view of life and all its complexities'
Marilyn Ballantyne has moved from providing bedside care to critically ill newborns to creating the clinical environments that support exceptional inpatient rehab at Holland Bloorview.
Dance parties at the nursing station kept this hospitalized teen pumped
Je'Niya Hamblett used her love of dance to help regain her mobility when she was hospitalized at Holland Bloorview following a bike accident.
Disabled and parent activists are often at odds. The authors of a new book explore why
'Parent organizations exert a lot of power when we're talking about disability policy. Parents need to start sharing some of the power.'
The Americans with Disabilities Act is 30. What progress has been made?
'Even though it is common for disability to overlap with identities across the spectrum of minority groups, fighting discrimination on the basis of disability continues to take a back seat in our
Diagnoses at a later age may mean missed opportunities for treatment
A child who is diagnosed at an older age may miss windows for intervention. Parents discuss the impact and a developmental pediatrician looks at contributing factors.
This is pandemic life when you don't 'dare risk going outside'
A Koffler Centre of the Arts exhibit features photos taken by young adults with disabilities during the Covid-19 shutdown.
New book is Alice Wong's latest take on the 'vastness' of disability culture
This year Time magazine named Alice Wong one of 16 people 'fighting for a more equal America.' Her new book is a collection of stories that reflect the diverse experience of disability.
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