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How to work with your child's teacher and school
By Alison MorseParents of children with special-education needs face extra challenges in helping their kids succeed at school.Sometimes w...
Why are we so hung up on walking?
Why is a skateboard cool, but a walker not so much? Why is walking at the top of those child development charts, and crawling at the botto...
Tommy Hilfiger launches adapted children's clothing
Great news for parents.Runway of Dreams has partnered with Tommy Hilfiger to produce the first mainstream line of clothing with adaptatio...
Coping while captured (in hospital!)
Jadine Baldwin is a 15-year-old student who's been hospitalized at Holland Bloorview since she had surgery to straighten her spine back i...
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...
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