Stories - Grandview Children's Foundation

May 20, 2020

Michael Receives Urgent Care at Grandview

Thirteen-year-old Michael relies on the Botox treatments he regularly receives through Grandview’s Muscle Tone clinic. Without them, his muscles are stiff, he’s in pain and doesn’t sleep well at night. You see, at age one,...

May 6, 2020

A Magical “I Love You”

Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and apraxia of speech, Orion started working with a Grandview speech therapist at age three. Today, this eight-year-old is mostly non-verbal but has made some great progress with communicating his...

May 5, 2020

Virtual Lessons for Students at Campbell Children’s School

For most of this school year, four-year-old Grandview kid, Sam (who receives speech and occupational therapy at Grandview while attending Campbell Children’s School) has started each school day by arriving at Grandview Children’s Centre. Today,...

April 23, 2020

A Closer Look at Grandview’s Speech and Language Program

From birth, children develop the communication skills that will help them succeed in school and in life. At least one in 10 children need help developing appropriate communication skills. Without this help, a child may...

April 15, 2020

Big Steps Ahead

When she was only one, Brooklyn was diagnosed with cerebral palsy by Dr. Hunt at Grandview Children's Centre. Brooklyn's mom Julianne didn't know much about CP at that time and she turned to the staff...

March 27, 2020

A Message from Kurt

We sat down with Grandview kid, Kurt *before our buildings closed* to talk about what it means to have hydrocephalus, how Grandview has helped him and his inspiring message to other Grandview kids . ....

February 28, 2020

Grandview is Helping Brooklyn Follow Her Dream

Help more Grandview kids like Brooklyn to live life to their full potential. Make a donation today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjl2KsUhyCE

February 21, 2020

Rowen has transformed into a social butterfly

Rowen first came to Grandview before he was two because of speech and language concerns. By the time he was in Junior Kindergarten, he was having a difficult time communicating with the other kids in...

February 3, 2020

Grandview is Helping Rowen Follow his Dream

https://youtu.be/3IdECYQsBCc Help more Grandview kids like Rowen to live life to their full potential. Make a donation today.

January 30, 2020

Living Her Best Life

Holly’s mom Kristen brought her to Grandview Children's Centre when she was 18 months old. Holly wasn’t saying any words and Kristen was concerned. Holly received speech therapy at Grandview, and soon enough, the words...

January 9, 2020

A Good Deed for Grandview Kids!

https://youtu.be/cdeBuFuX3cA Grandview kid, Faith, has always enjoyed watching sports and plays whatever she is able to (including baseball and basketball!). She's also been involved with the Whitby Wolves Peewee A hockey team as a cheerleader,...

December 3, 2019

Meet Erica and her five Grandview kids

After her son Jackson was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at age two, Erica —a single mother of six—learned that four of her other children also had neurological differences. According to Erica, receiving diagnoses for five...

November 18, 2019

Amazing Daniella on Global News!

A BIG shout out to Grandview kid, Daniella. Being diagnosed with cerebral palsy hasn’t stopped this teen from crushing goals. From climbing a mountain (yes!) to becoming the girl who inspired a new Barbie doll....

November 4, 2019

Shayaan dreams of driving a car

Shayaan was born without arms but learned to do almost everything he needed to do on his own--including eat, write with a pencil, and play video games! He's always been an active boy who loves...

October 24, 2019

An Inspiring Swim for Grandview Kids

William is only eight-years-old but he’s already become a fundraising champion for the Grandview Kids. Last summer, William decided he wanted to swim across the lake at his family’s trailer in Haliburton as a way...

September 23, 2019

TIMOTHY

Timothy contracted Meningitis as an infant, which resulted in hearing loss and Cerebral Palsy. He attended Campbell’s Children’s School at Grandview, and also participated in speech, occupational, and physical therapies at the Centre as he...

September 23, 2019

DANIELLA

When Danielle was only 18-months-old, her mom Donna noticed that her legs had turned in and she wasn’t walking. Donna took her to Grandview Kids, where she met with a pediatrician as well as a...

September 23, 2019

ANDREW

Andrew had a rough start to life, but he’s always been a trooper. Born at only 26 weeks, he came into the world with numerous health problems including five serious heart issues, periventricular leukomalacia (PVL),...

September 23, 2019

MOLLY

Because of her diagnosis of autism, Molly has spent a lot of time evolving her personality and expanding her communication skills over the years. Grandview Children’s Centre has helped Molly by providing speech language therapy,...

September 23, 2019

OWEN

Diagnosed with Kleefstra Syndrome at age one, Owen’s parents were told that there was a good chance he might never walk or talk. After years of hard work alongside Grandview’s team of therapists, staff, and...