Life Skills: Visual Schedule Planner- Goal Tracker does a wonderful job of consolidating visual schedules, reward charts, and schedule related social stories all in one app. The app introduces the idea of independence and reinforces life skills with young children.…
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Alex’s Success Story | Autism Awareness Month
Hi, my name is Alex Hightower. I am a sophomore at The HUB Houston, a relationship-centered educational program serving teenagers and young adults with neurological differences. I am also the webmaster and former Senior Patrol Leader for Boy Scout Troop…
BridgingApps Featured App | Autism Tracker Lite
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Featured App on the site: Autism Tracker Lite: Track and Analyze ASD is an educational app that helps families explore autism spectrum disorder. It tracks data in these four domains: mood, behavior, food, health monitoring.…
BridgingApps Featured App | Choiceworks
Choiceworks is currently on sale for $3.99 today and tomorrow only for Autism Acceptance Month! Choiceworks is an app for helping children complete daily routines and tasks, understanding and controlling feelings and to improve their patience. Caregivers, teachers, and therapists…
Keeping it Cool | Mobile Technology Tools for Kids with Diabetes
Article By Cathy Foreman, MS, RDN, LD Ensuring medical safety becomes a parent’s top priority when their child is newly diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It can be a scary experience that almost 25,000 children and their parents…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | Time Timer
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Recently updated, Time Timer® is the ORIGINAL timer to turn the passage of time into something visual and concrete. Turn your smartphone or smartwatch into a fun and easy…
Audra Success Story | Older Adult & Stroke Survivor Using Mobile Technology
Ms. Audra Evert is an amazing artist, and her home is covered with her colorful abstract paintings. She suffered a stroke some years ago, and she needed help using a desktop windows computer and a flip phone for her technology…
National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day 2019 | Connor’s Success Story
March is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and March 25th is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day. In celebration, we are sharing Connor’s success story. One of the presents that Connor Meadows first unwrapped in 2012 was an iPad. Within days, this…
Parenting Special Needs Magazine | Tech for Developing Mental Strength for Life’s Ups and Downs
As we discuss health issues related to children, one area that is often overlooked is that of our children’s mental health. Although we do not like to think about our children being stressed, overly worried, or anxious about situations, the…
Meet Forest | Veteran Using Mobile Technology Success Story
Forest Cloom is a CG vet RET who volunteers at the VA and Fisher house. He drives guests to and from appointments with a golf cart. Forest owns an iPhone and just welcomed a 1st generation iPad to his home…