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'I'm calling attention to the whiteness' of health care
Sarah Jama is a co-founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario. She has a long history of disability rights and anti-racism acti...
Women with autism at higher risk for suicide, study finds
Utah women with autism were over three times more likely to die by suicide than their peers without autism between 2013 and 2017, accordi...
While in hospital, Fiaz creates bright, bold, energetic art
Fiaz Rahman has had a rough six months. The 18-year-old developed a pressure injury in August that prevented him from going to school for...
'I like a nurse who's caring, sometimes funny, always positive'
Justin Chau is an 11-year-old inpatient at Holland Bloorview. He's writing a story about his life following a surgery to remove a brain t...
Doctors need to get comfortable with intellectual disability
Global developmental delay (GDD) isn't a long-term diagnosis, write two doctors in a commentary piece this week in The Journal of Pediatr...
What works in children's rehab, and why, is researcher's passion
De-Lawrence Lamptey has a PhD in rehabilitation science and a master's degree in clinical psychology. He has right-sided weakness related...
With Aicam on the case, hospitalized kids have fun
Aicam Chuong has been a nurse at Holland Bloorview for over 30 years—first as a student, then working with children hospitalized here w...
Retarded, imbecile, morons. Why does The New York Times still use these words?
I could hardly believe my eyes when this New York Times piece popped into my feed yesterday: Donald Trump and his Team of Morons.Way back...
Adults with cerebral palsy at higher risk for depression, anxiety
Mathias Castaldo is a member of Holland Bloorview's youth advisory and participated in our Dear Everybody campaign to end disability stig...
Why a new face-scanning genetics app worries me
Photo in Nature, by Michael Ares/The Palm Beach Post via ZUMA. This girl has Cornelia de Lange syndrome, a condition with distinct facial...
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