BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
How I found and built disability community
When 'it came to raising a disabled child, we didn’t know anyone in our circle who had gone through anything similar. So, I started building what we didn’t have.'
'I come from a family of nurses'
Caroline Ivorra (left) is a registered nurse on Holland Bloorview's brain injury rehab team. She works with children who are hospitalized...
Moving from bedside to clinic broadens a nurse's perspective
Nancy Campbell (left) has worked as a registered practical nurse at Holland Bloorview for 15 years. She was hired straight out of nursing...
'He's a pretty normal dad'
“When I was seven, I asked when I was going to get my chair,” says Elijah Wangeman, 14 (above left), in an unedited version of My Dad...
Dress rehearsal
My son is taking part in an interactive play called What Dream It Was at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre this weekend. He is the ...
With mind-reading device, 'locked-in' people say they're happy
Patients with no control over their bodies answered questions with a brain-computer interface that learned to read their mental “yes”...
'Passport' helps parents plan move from hospital to home
A parent who spent 16 months at her daughter's bedside at Holland Bloorview has given a gift to other parents of inpatients. The Transiti...
A mother wishes her son's cancer 'never comes back'
Noah, 1, has blonde hair that stands up in exuberant spikes on his head. He loves to smile. When his dog licks his head, he giggles. If h...
Family's residency in limbo over son's cerebral palsy
Six years ago Kara Melissa Sharp's family moved to Canada on a work visa her husband Alastair held as a journalist. They brought their so...
Bloorview school: 'best place I've been to in my life'
Years ago I knew Osmond Shen as a student in our Bloorview School. He's now 19 and in Grade 12 and we caught up in an e-mail interview. I...
Taking away a parent's guilt may be 'my best gift'
Physiotherapist Kelly Brewer didn't picture herself working with children. For 11 years she worked with adults in the intensive care unit...
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