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Even at 87, Dr. Yvette Bonny sometimes struggles with imposter syndrome. A pioneering hematologist who performed the first pediatric bone marrow transplant in Quebec in 1980, she’s received plenty of accolades since. She was working with her head down — leading the provincial pediatric bone marrow transplant unit for nearly …
Read More »Family says small option home abandoned man with Down syndrome at hospital
The sister of a Cape Breton man with Down syndrome says her brother’s small option home has abandoned him at a hospital. For 20 years, Brent Beaton has lived at Koster Huis, a home in Mabou, N.S., operated by the County of Inverness Municipal Housing Corporation, a non-profit licensed and …
Read More »As white-nose syndrome threatens bats nationwide, this scientist’s probiotic ‘cocktail’ could save them
As night falls over a large country house in Washington state’s Snohomish County, a dozen volunteers gather around Abby Tobin, a scientist with the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. “They’ll start getting restless soon,” Tobin says. The group is attentive as Tobin gives instructions. Their mission is as …
Read More »‘I can’t move’: Ontario woman opens up about stiff person syndrome fight
An “episode at work” is how Robyn Cook describes the sudden and life-changing full-body spasm that sent her to the emergency room, five years before a mysterious set of symptoms would be diagnosed as stiff person syndrome. “I couldn’t open my mouth because my jaw was spasming,” she said of the frightening …
Read More »Calgary teen takes over western wear business that supports kids with Down syndrome
It’s the start of an exciting new chapter for an effort to help young Calgarians living with a disability. Eighteen-year-old Wyatt Smuszko is handing over the reins of his secondhand western wear company Wild Wild Wyatt. Sam Webber, 15, is taking over the business, renaming it Stampede Sam – Country …
Read More »Canadian bodybuilder with Down syndrome inspiring millions around the world
At 23 years old, Kyle Landi is already a trailblazer. With more than 300,000 followers on TikTok, the Canadian bodybuilder with Down syndrome is inspiring the masses to pursue their dreams. Landi, who was born premature and with a congenital heart defect, has been documenting his journey on social media. …
Read More »Calgary girl with Down syndrome stuck at home due to lack of school supports
It’s nearly three weeks into the school year and Shawna Risdon’s seven-year-old daughter, Sadie, hasn’t attended a single day of classes. The mother says Sadie, who has Down syndrome, was meant to start Grade 1 at the Olympic Heights School in southwest Calgary a few days after her classmates to allow the …
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