disability

Working to Understand and Ease the Stress of Transitions

2019-07-08T13:13:01-08:00December 3rd, 2018|News|

Kids Brain Health projects study and strive to support transitions from toddler years through young adulthood and beyond, because families tell us the system is failing to maximize the potential of people with neurodisabilities. In honour of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities, we highlight our researchers' work in social determinants of health, and [...]

Crisis in Care: The Discussion on Transitions for Youth with Disabilities is Far from Over

2020-07-10T09:21:34-08:00August 22nd, 2018|News|

As young people with disabilities head towards adulthood, they find themselves cut off from familiar health services only to fall through the cracks of a fragmented adult care system. For many families raising children with disabilities, this transition is so abrupt and disorientating that it is described as “falling off the cliff”. While youth with disabilities [...]

Children with Disabilities Need Better Access to Sport

2020-07-10T09:21:18-08:00August 8th, 2018|News|

Following the June release of the 2018 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, Kids Brain Health Researchers began collaborating on an opinion piece focusing on their particular contribution to the report: the evidence around the benefits of physical activity and brain development kids with neurodisabilities. The text of an Op-Ed, published [...]

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