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Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute is now home to the largest concentration of pediatric disability research in the world.

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Six-year old Ben Haslam kicks a soccer ball with the assistance of a Trexo exoskeleton and physiotherapist assistant Robert Dickson in the High Performance Hub of the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute , at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Ben Haslam with physiotherapists Jackie Cotton and physiotherapist assistant Robert Dickson in the High Performance Hub of the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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A tablet displays measurements of Ben's activity, with the assistance of a Trexo exoskeleton at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Niloufar Hashemi demonstrates the use a transcranial magnetic stimulator on Mohammad Naderi, in the Neuromodulation Discovery Hub at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Game developer Alexander Hodge, right, watches Campbell Ryan in a demonstration for media of an interactive video game, Bootle Blast, in the Gaming/App Development Discovery Hub of the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Demonstration for media of an interactive video game, Bootle Blast, in the Gaming/App Development Discovery Hub of the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Left Christine Haslam and her son Ben speak with physiotherapist assistant Robert Dickson and physiotherapist Jackie Cotton in the accessible playground at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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People transit the hallways at the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute in the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Norman Mah pushes seven-year old Avery on a swing, in the accessible playground of the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute (BRI), at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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Adley (3) and Avery Mah (7) use the slide in the accessible playground of the newly expanded Bloorview Research Institute at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, in Toronto.Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail

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