Louise Kinross

Photo by William Lam By Louise Kinross Anna Hensen (photo right) is a social worker at Holland Bloorview working with children with complex medical problems and their families. Her interest in this population developed after she was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition as a teen and benefited from the support of a social worker at the Hospital for Sick Children. "She really got me to a point of acceptance and made me feel very seen," Hensen says.

By Louise Kinross Jelly, Baby is a strikingly candid account of becoming disabled as an adult. Toronto poet and teacher Therese Estacion writes about her struggle to accept her new body after amputations saved her life from a deadly infection. She contrasts the fragile, jelly-like experience of her new identity in the face of ableism to her solid prosthetic legs, which initially feel like foreigners. She is training to be a psychotherapist.

By Louise Kinross A flurry of recent reports indicate disabled students in Ontario aren't getting the education they deserve. Last week we learned some students wait over a year for diagnostic assessments, that education assistants who support disabled students are often absent due to stress and “student-related physical injuries;” and that teachers struggle to implement Individual Education Plans. That’s in this Auditor General’s Report.