BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
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BLOOM combines real family stories with the best expert advice, plus the latest news and opinion on disability.
Read our latest stories, with links to mainstream disability news and shout-outs to people making the world more inclusive.
Eric Sherman's son Cole loves to swim. But he has cochlear implants and needs to wear expensive waterproof processors attached to a headp...
Two years ago we had the assessment necessary for getting an adult with an intellectual disability onto the list for community services, ...
Today is World Meningitis Day and Australian photographer Anne Geddes (right) is launching an e-book of photos of children from around th...
In the last couple of days I've seen parents argue for two radically different visions of how to educate children with disabilities.In th...
Life skills staff at Holland Bloorview presented their early findings from a review of 56 studies on friendship for youth with disabiliti...
By D. Christine BrownItwas the morning of our son Lucas's 10th EEG since his acute brain inflammation in September 2011 and subsequent au...
By Megan JonesOpen the closet door in Liz Powers' Boston-area apartment, and you'll comeacross a trove of artworks: a painting of a woman...
Perhaps it'sthe nature of Twitter's brevity, but I see a disturbing trend in people tweeting simplistic,declarative statements about how ...
By Kara Melissa Sharp When I first heard about the Upsee, I knew I wanted to be a part of the trial. A device that would allow Sebastian to...
In 2006 Randy Lewis changed the way Walgreen Co. does business. As senior vice-president of supply chain and logistics for the U.S. drug sto...
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