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Newsroom
If
your story touches on childhood disability, you'll find authoritative
spokespeople at Bloorview Kids Rehab.
We're Canada's
largest children's rehabilitation facility, with an international
reputation for innovation in clinical programs, research and education.
Whether it's pioneering
devices that allow kids with physical disabilities to use the computer
or play instruments, conducting clinical trials into medical treatments,
or providing hospital, outpatient and community services that build
independence and quality of life, our mission is to "enable
kids with disabilities."
To
be connected with expert sources, call Louise Kinross, Manager, Communications
at (416) 424-3866, pager (416) 589-8826.
Bloorview
Kids Rehab building ranks as one of best Toronto architecture projects
in 2006
Toronto Star architecture
critic Christopher Hume has included the new Bloorview Kids Rehab
building in a list of top-10 architectural
projects "that remind us we are capable of excellence after all," Hume
writes in a December 30, 2020 article titled A banner year for
building.
A photo of the
new Bloorview Kids Rehab building and this mention are included:
Bloorview Kids
Rehab (Montgomery Sisam): A place that could have been dreary
and depressing is anything but. Iconic yet neighbourly and welcoming,
it is one of the most deeply moving additions to the city.
Link to Toronto Star story: www.thestar.com/Article/165920
To
be connected with expert sources, call Louise Kinross, Manager, Communications
at (416) 424-3866, pager (416) 589-8826.
Bloorview’s
Independence Program hits prime time with W-5 story, Nov.
18 at 7 pm on CTV
The
Young Heroes of Bloorview Kids Rehab - Read a Toronto Sun
series about how Bloorview helps kids turn disability into possibility
Stories
Adapted
instruments give teens new level of artistic expression
Help
and Hope
Read about CTV W-FIVE's inspirational documentary about
Bloorview
Flora
the clown has the magic touch
‘I’ve always felt the clown being out of place in the hospital and
being vulnerable and alone mirrors the child’
Grandson’s
voice is ‘the best Christmas gift ever’
'Technology allows Kayle to express thoughts his family never knew
he had
Hospitals join forces in child development
A Sick Kids' program that assesses childhood developmental disorders
moves to Bloorview
With pain disorders, looks can deceive
'So many doctors didn't know about fibromyalgia,' says Phoebe, 14,
learning how to manage chronic pain in Bloorview's pediatric
pain service
Device puts spoken word in writing
With SpeakQ, students with learning disabilities simply talk to get
their thoughts on paper
Cracking
the language code
A
stroke robbed Nicole, 8, of the ability to express herself. At
Bloorview, she's putting together the puzzle of
words and grammar with speech-language pathologist Kim Bradley.
Head
start levels the playing field
A
specialized early school program for students with disabilities
is their best guarantee for inclusion in community schools later
on, says Linda LaRocque, principal of Bloorview School
Authority. Read about the early primary program she runs for
children aged four to six at Canada's largest children's rehabilitation
hospital.
Software
unlocks the writer in Luke
A
word-prediction tool developed at Bloorview enables a boy with
hand tremors to "put down on paper the kind of
wonderful, funny response that he could only express verbally
before," his mother says.
Alex's
dad is giving back
As voluntary
chair of the most ambitious fundraising campaign in Bloorview's
105-year history, it's Dougal Macdonald's private story of parenting
a child with disabilities that counts. Bloorview kicks
off a $150 million investment in children's rehabilitation with
the construction of a new building and the launch of a childhood
disability research institute.
A
restful retreat
Construction is underway on Bloorview's new $100-million facility,
which architect Terry Montgomery describes as "a unique design with a
country atmosphere -- a kind of restful retreat." Read about the rationale
for the design in this interview with Terry Mongomery, principal at Montgomery
Sisam Architects Inc.
Tapping
every child's promise
Bloorview Kids Rehab launches North America's first research institute dedicated
to childhood disability. Bloorview Research Institute is made up of a multidisciplinary
team of scientists and engineers whose aim is to generate clinical discoveries
and technologies that will benefit children worldwide.
How
come you walk funny?
A Discovery Health documentary chronicles one year in the life of Bloorview's
integrated kindergarten program, where able-bodied kids are immersed in a world
of wheelchairs and walkers.
Canada
invests in engineer's smart technology
Bloorview's biomedical engineer Tom Chau receives a Canada Research
Chair in pediatric rehabilitation engineering for developing smart technologies
that allow children to circumvent their disabilities.
Smoothing
the way for William
New prosthetic
knee makes instability a thing of the past.
Finding
the perfect fit
A massive limb-use study aims to help therapists track which prostheses
work best for children at different stages.
Harnessing the murmur of muscles
Our muscles murmur as they contract. Now researchers at Bloorview
are harnessing those sounds to revolutionize the
way prosthetic limbs
are controlled. The plan is to embed tiny sensors that measure
sound and vibrations in below-elbow prostheses, producing a
device that
rolls on like a sock.
High-fat
diet puts Ashley back on the ice
A child with intractable, complex seizures shows significant improvement
after trying the ketogenic diet -- a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet
that chemically mimics starvation.
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