October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Here’s a list of 40 apps that can help you find a job; keep a job; or maintain a healthy work-life balance. Having a disability and a job means extra challenges; but meeting…
Author: Katherine Swarts
Digital Content Writer at BridgingApps since May 2022.
How AI Can Help You Find the Right Job
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) officially ends on October 31, but employment is a year-round concern. As of fall 2026, the U.S. employment rate for people with disabilities is 40.3 percent—a record high, but still trailing the non-disabled employment…
Digital Literacy Is for Everyone: BridgingApps at The Village Centers
Located in Kingwood, The Village Centers serves adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Clients, called “Villagers,” participate in program activities to expand their skills in: The Village Centers emphasizes innovative and enriching activities that promote inclusion. This summer, BridgingApps…
How Smart Should Your Home Be?
Aging in Place Week (sometimes called Active Aging Week) is October 5–11 this year. Thinking about aging in place means thinking about home accessibility. And thinking about accessibility means thinking about “smart” assistive technology. No End of Options A “smart…
ELQN: A Wrap-Up
Remember our “Technology for Households” classes with Harris County’s ELQN initiative? The one-year contract was completed this past summer. Today, two of our BridgingApps Team members share about their experiences. The Specifics (by Amy Fuchs, BridgingApps Program Manager) We held…
Making Your AI Voice Truly Yours: Voice Banking and Text-to-Speech Today
(Coming soon: “In His Own Words,” a personal account of the voice-banking experience.) Every human voice is unique—a treasured part of a person’s identity. Yet for decades, people with verbal disabilities had to make do with generic text-to-speech voices. The…
Limited Screen Access: Not Always a Good Thing
While many people could benefit from spending less time with their screens, there are families with the opposite problem. Their kids need screen-based assistive technology for daily activities, but limited access to screens is reducing the technology’s effectiveness. There are at least three reasons why someone…
What Is Cortical Visual Impairment?
September is Cortical Visual Impairment Awareness Month—CVI Awareness Month for short. If you’ve never heard of CVI, you aren’t alone. Even eye doctors often fail to recognize it: Perkins School for the Blind estimates that 80 percent of cases are…
Library Cards in the Digital Age: Have You Checked Your Reading-App Options Lately?
Another Library Card Sign-Up Month is drawing to a close—but there’s never a wrong time to get a library card. Or to dig out one you haven’t used in a while. If it has been a while since your last…
“I Can Hear!” Bringing Audio Technology to the Community
“Ever since I received the Ceretone hearing aid, it’s such a relief to know that I can hear and comprehend better.” – Phillip, BridgingApps client Ceretone is a leader in hearing-aid technology—and, like Easterseals, an organization that emphasizes making assistive…