It’s hard enough deciding which assistive technology best helps your child manage a disability. It’s even harder balancing that task with school rules and accommodations. Especially when much technology is now AI-based, and the question of whether AI enhances learning…
The BridgingApps YouTube Channel is an excellent resource for using mobile technology. Visit and subscribe to view virtual tech sessions, app reviews, success stories and how-to videos. We have recently added new content and have even more videos coming soon.…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: IEP Says is a web-based mobile friendly tool that helps parents understand an Individualized Education Program (IEP) by translating complex information into plain language. Users upload an IEP and…
With the school year still young, now is a good time to discuss assistive technology with your children and their teachers/IEP team. Here are some recommendations for apps to use in schoolwork, project organization, or post-graduation planning. Recommended Apps Recommended…
Today’s Client Story is shared by Tara Rocha, BridgingApps’ Digital Learning Specialist. Jacob Dizon (pronounced DYE-zun) is extremely bright and very good with computers. Right now, he’s enrolled in his school district’s 18+ program for transition to independence, and is…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Seeing AI is a free artificial intelligence-powered app developed by Microsoft that helps blind and low vision users access printed text, identify products, recognize people, describe scenes, detect currency,…
This article was inspired by “Preparing Students for an AI Workforce,” a June 10 workshop from the Texas Computer Education Association’s 2026 virtual conference. For more on the conference, see our blog post The New World of Educational AI. Humans…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: The Umami – Recipe Manager app is a recipe management tool that helps users collect, organize, and store recipes from websites, social media, cookbooks, handwritten notes, and family recipe…
The latest in our summer 2026 series on what Easterseals affiliates across the country are learning from BridgingApps and our Expansion Pilot project. Today’s report is from Gannon Olson, Accessibility Specialist at the Oak Hill affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut. Q:…
It’s not only academic skills that can suffer from “summer slide.” As every Houstonian knows, a summer heat wave—which can strike anytime from May to September—can make it a challenge just to walk to your car without collapsing. So if…
