As of December 10, the Toronto Public Heath (TPH) has declared a Norovirus outbreak on the Complex Continuing Care (CCC) unit. Other inpatient units, outpatient clinics, community programs and activities are operating as usual. For more information, click here.
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'This film reminded me that healing and growth happen when we stop hiding parts of ourselves and let others in.'
By Jennifer Philp ZakicI have a confession: whenever I enter a new place, I scan the room for signs of infection. I look for runny noses,...
Tommy (in orange shirt) and Martin Tobon (foreground) are nine-year-old twins.Martin likes building Legos. Tommy prefers to swim. But he ...
Very high stress levels in 17 per cent of Canadians who care for a child or adult with a health condition or disability was flagged as a ...
“I sit here and think ‘How did I get so lucky?'” says Susan Day Fragiadakis, a research assistant in Holland Bloorview's Autism Res...
Yikes.The Canadian winter is treacherous for youth who use wheelchairs or walkers finds a Holland Bloorview study published in Disability...
There is a very cool group called 3E Love Network that promotes acceptance of disability.Today is their International Day of Acceptance.T...
Girl advocate for disabled American Girl doll to write book KickstarterLast year Melissa Shang, then 10 (above), got almost 150,000 peopl...
When I first got to know Nick Joachimides (above centre), it was in his role as a nurse educator at Holland Bloorview.Nick was part of a ...
Patience.It's a quality that doesn't rank high in our competitive, consuming, instant-gratification culture. We want things, and we want ...
Special in Uniform is a world-first: a four-year training program that prepares youth with disabilities to serve in the Israeli Defence F...
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