Everyday Heroes of AUTISM: Families of kids with autism are true Everyday Heroes. We take communication for granted, not knowing what a challenge it is for these kids with autism and their Families. Thanks to organizations like AIM (Autism In Mind), parents and their kids get IBI (Intensive Behavioural Intervention) and gain coping skills. These treatments result in happier children who learn to express themselves to get their needs met. Hope is restored. We met these Families at Bean Around the World- Markham at their second annual Fundraiser for Autism. […]

Autism in Mind (AIM) facilitates communication between parents and their children using IBI treatment. Organizations like AIM are helping kids cope every day.

For most, pregnancies are joyful and relatively easy. For preemie mothers and their babies, it is a life and death experience. Our trailer previews a moment in the life of a mother to a premature baby in Sunnybrook’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Each day these babies face challenges just to breathe to stay alive. The mothers have to be strong despite these fears, and be thankful for their babies’ teeny tiny achievements.

Daniela reminds us that life itself is a miracle, not to be taken for granted. We see this miracle in her journey of having not one, but two beautiful preemie babies. The small babies’ arms fit into their father’s wedding band. Watch how the babies, their parents, doctors, and nurses are not courageous once; but TWICE. After hearing her story, you’ll be thankful and amazed at the same time, that two tiny babies can go through so much trauma before being a year old.