How do we recognize beauty?

BLOOM ~ February ~ 2023

trailblazer

Beauty can

be slow to reveal itself

Easy Beauty is a memoir that sparkles with ideas about art, human value, disability and parenting. We speak to author Chloé Cooper Jones, an American philosophy professor and journalist with a disability.

researchhits

Scientist to study pandemic's impact on racialized youth with disabilities

De-Lawrence Lamptey is Holland Bloorview's first Empowering Black Academics, Researchers and Knowledge Creators (EMBARK) scientist.

mentalhealth

Values-based therapy helps youth with chronic pain embrace life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) 'is about behaviour change and making moves...we use what's important to the individual to help guide their behaviour.'

inthenews

Read this interview with disabled activist Alice Wong

'My life has changed a lot since last summer, since I lost my ability to eat and speak. Just as I am very Asian I am very disabled now...'

researchhits

Pediatricians can help speed up autism diagnoses

A study finds children's doctors can accurately diagnose autism and should be recruited instead of relying on specialist teams. This will cut waitlists.

inthenews

Ambulance waits putting disabled children's lives at risk, doctors warn BBC

I'm a dancer who sometimes uses a wheelchair The Guardian

Visually impaired and falling out of Ethiopia's middle class Aljazeera

Lego dives into kids' complex emotions and identities with new friend's toys Mashable

Woman says she feels imprisoned after care shortage forces her into home Sky News

Advocates express fear and rage at latest wheelchair user's death-by-airline United Spinal Association

Meet the man building a thousand wheelchair ramps in Iceland Euronews

Ontario fell thousands short of its autism program target, new figures show Global News

whatyousaid

Scream this from the rooftops (Life is worth living in all sorts of bodies and minds)!

Meg Ruttan Walker, online

upcomingevents

See Holland Bloorview's Events listing and click on the month for more details.

FEBRUARY 21

PARENT SUPPORT TEA 'N CHAT:

Resources on addressing bullying and promoting social inclusion.

7-8:30 p.m. *On Zoom

E-mail smoynagh@hollandbloorview.ca for more info.

MARCH 2 and 9

PARENT SUPPORT: EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS PRACTICES

12-12:30 p.m. *On Zoom

E-mail smoynagh@hollandbloorview.ca for more info.

shoutouts

CBC's Disability Debunked series

Disabled activist Vicky Levak from Nova Scotia is clearing up misconceptions that disabled people are pitiful, lacking agency, and suffering on Disability Debunked. You can follow Vicky @VickyLevack.

bookshelf

'The sequel to comedian Rosie Jones' warm-hearted and wildly funny children's debut finds Edie, a school girl with cerebral palsy, trying to turn a nightmare school trip into something positive.' Readers 9+.

Waterstones

'A radical critique of architecture that places disability at the centre of the built environment.'

Waterstones

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