When it comes to holiday travel, getting there is rarely half the fun. Not when you’re dealing with heavy luggage, winter driving, crowded roads and airports, security checks—and frustrated, bored, overstimulated children. Our BridgingApps for Traveling Over the Holidays list…
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Family Travel Can Be Fun: BridgingApps Best Summer Road Trip Apps
Cynic’s definition of “vacation”: Something everyone looks forward to and no one enjoys. Particularly those “ones” traveling in family groups that include children under 8, or kids of any age with autism or sensory processing disorder. And particularly if you’re…
Family Travel with a Disability
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 3 Minutes No exaggeration: Googling “family travel horror stories” will get you over 100 million results. If there’s a foolproof method for getting a whole household into the next state or through an airport without…
Family Caregivers and the Holiday Season
November is National Family Caregivers Month, but for most BridgingApps clients (and many of our team members), every day is a caregiver work day. As November segues into December, here are our best apps and tips for keeping the holiday…
Healthcare Transition for Young Adults: The World of Family Medicine
Some healthcare apps for families and young adults: It’s hard to say which is harder: “graduating” from teenager to independent adult, or being the parent releasing a child into adulthood. If the “child” has an intellectual disability, there are even…
Traveling with Mobility Impairments, Part II: Destination and Stay
Welcome to Part II of “Traveling with Mobility Impairments,” based on Andi Fry’s New York trip with her family last fall. Andi is our BridgingApps Coordinator for Montgomery County Outreach; her daughter Megan is a graduate student who uses a…
Summer Travel Tips for Families and People with Disabilities
Estimated Reading Time 3 minutes In our Lunch & Learn on August 10, we shared… Our Parenting Special Needs Magazine “Tech Tools to Get You Back to School Ready” Checking out Hotspots for access to free internet on-the-go “If I…
Parenting Special Needs Rewind | Tech Tools for Family Holiday Cooking
Last Holiday season, way back in 2019, we shared Tech Tools for Holiday Cooking as part of our contribution to Parenting Special Needs Magazine. Although 2020 has not been exactly what we imagined, it is probably a safe bet to…
Parenting Special Needs Magazine | Tech Tools for Family Holiday Cooking 🎄👩🏼🍳
During the holiday season, families generally get to spend more time together, some travel to visit relatives, while others stay home and simply enjoy time off from school and work. Either way, it is a safe bet that there will…
BridgingApps Best Road Trip Apps for Traveling with Kids 🚙
Roooooooad Trip! Summer time bring thoughts of getting away from routine – vacations, camps, visiting relatives and that inevitable time in the car called: The Road Trip. We know from experience and our own childhood that road trips can sometimes…