BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
A deaf girl writes about the pain and beauty of being different
The 12-year-old protagonist of a new book finds herself alienated from her family, who refuse to use sign language.
Hospitalized: A poem by Jadine Baldwin
Jadine Baldwin (with her mother) is a 15-year-old student who's been hospitalized at Holland Bloorview since she had surgery to straighte...
Stevie Wonder calls for inclusion amid reminders of dark reality
This is a grim piece today. It's a reminder of the ugly, sometimes violent, discrimination that exists in our communities against those w...
A novel drawn from light and loss
In 2011, cartoonist Tom Hart was living an idyllic life in Gainesville, Florida. While his wife Leela, also a cartoonist, worked on a boo...
Assisted suicide study questions its use for depression, autism
A study published yesterday about doctor-assisted suicide in the Netherlands for patients with depression and other conditions, including...
'Everyday life no longer made sense to my new brain'
My Beautiful Broken Brain is a documentary about a 34-year-old filmmaker's life following a stroke that left her unable to speak, read or...
One family shows how games make therapy fun
The Globe and Mail has a fabulous video and article about how therapeutic video games are being developed at Holland Bloorview for childr...
Look again: 'What I was teaching was about seeing'
In 2007 photographer Brenda Spielmann began an innovative program at Holland Bloorview that brought together children with and without di...
Yes! Disabled consumers demand fashion and fit
Dear Louise: Your fabulous article (In Lucy Jones' hands, style and disability are a perfect fit) forwarded to me by my son BJ Miller abo...
What's most important? Intelligence or emotional health?
What factors in childhood predict later satisfaction and happiness in life?Two articles crossed my desk about studies that come to vastly...
How difficult could caregiving be? This sister found out
I caught part of this excellent interview on CBC's The Current this morning. It's about Helen Ries's journey as an Ottawa woman who took ...
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