BLOOM ~ March ~ 2022 
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Eliza was told her disability ruled out parenting. She didn't listen
Eliza Hull is a successful Australian singer who just launched the book We've Got This: Stories of Disabled Parenting. It includes 25 stories of moms and dads with a wide mix of disabilities.
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When your sibling has a disability, you may feel overlooked. This is for you
Children can have complicated emotions about their brother or sister with a disability. SibKit is an online resource made by siblings for siblings.
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How Canada measures poverty ignores the costs of disability
It costs more to participate in life when you have a disability. But the poverty measure used to set income supports across Canada doesn't factor this in, a new study finds.
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School of joy: For Dani, class is in
'Within a couple of hours of being in the building I was head over heels in love with everything about Bloorview.'
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'I call August my spirit
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In A Life Beyond Reason a professor writes about how raising his son, who was born with a severe brain injury, changed him.
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Art isn't good for disability. Disability is good for art.
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Eliza Chandler, Assistant Professor, School of Disability Studies, Ryerson
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APRIL TO JUNE
FOOD JUSTICE + COMMUNITY KITCHEN SERIES
Learn about food justice and cook affordable, healthy meals together over Zoom with ingredients delivered to your home.
April 6, 13, 27 and May 4 and June 1
A partnership between Holland Bloorview and FoodShare Toronto.
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Toy honours U.S. disability activist
Kudos to Lark Toys for naming this wooden girl in a wheelchair after American disability rights activist Judy Heumann. We love it!
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This book isn't about disability. It's about the joy of everyday moments. But it seamlessly weaves in images of a dad and his two children, one of whom uses a wheelchair. For kids aged 4-8. Out March 29.
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