Registered Charity 76611 8079 RR0001
Buds in Bloom was founded to respond to the overwhelming barriers encountered when help-seeking for children with neurodiversity and families; an under-served community across Canada. Through Relief, Hope, Empowerment and Togetherness, we help connect families to community.
Services
We are an innovative connection resource for families living with or at risk for autism, ADHD, developmental delays, physical or intellectual disabilities, or who require special attention in academic, medical, integration or financial support.
Swift action brings relief, hope, empowerment and togetherness
Families reach out for help and support
Our volunteers connect families with appropriate resources
Families experience support within weeks
"Our journey began with understanding the widening gaps in help services across hospitals, schools, rehabilitation centres and recreation programs. We're transforming the status quo for families living with a child who has a disability or is at risk for a disability."
Parents inevitably turn to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, school boards or City departments for help in diagnosing, evaluating and treating their child, in facilitating child learning and participation in arts, sports and recreation, and in getting financial help to support the cost of all this needed help.
Far too often though families have to wait, jumping through hoops to navigate provincial or territorial and federal systems of care and support, which is exhausting. In fact, some parents report that they waited four years or more before their child received help in health care, education, social services, leisure and recreation, or financial support.
The Challenge
A common experience reported by parents of children with neurodiversity across Canada is that of delays, having to repeat oneself, having to re-apply, and having to fight daily, while needing to help-seek and navigate these systems to access help.
Such circumstances cause very high stress levels in parents, and decreased family wellbeing. According to research studies, there is evidence that parents with a child on the Autism Spectrum show significantly higher levels of stress, and lower quality of life compared to parents of children with another disability.
Buds in Bloom is designing solutions to transform these systemic challenges everywhere in Canada, beginning in Alberta and Quebec.
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Learn MoreMany ways to help our children and families await you: sponsor an event, sponsor a child, make a gift, volunteer or become a member.
For more information, email us at info@BudsinBloom.org
In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut'ina Nation, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nation, the Métis Nation (Region 3) and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta; the unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation and Tiohtìà:ke as a gathering place for many First Nations; the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples; the traditional territory of the lək̀wəŋən peoples, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱ SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Together, we are co-creating a new history for all children and families in Canada. One family at a time.
