Katherine Swarts – BridgingApps

Welcome to Autism Acceptance Month!

April is Autism Acceptance Month—also called Autism Awareness Month, or simply National (or World) Autism Month. Don’t feel bad if you get confused about the “right” name: even in most advocacy groups, “acceptance” displaced “awareness” only a few years ago.…

Building a Well-Connected World for Senior Adults

BridgingApps’ programs for senior adults include “Well Connected” presentations for our local Front Porch affiliate. Usually there is one Well Connected event each quarter, in either English or Spanish, with a dozen or so attendees. The most recent (in Spanish)…

BridgingApps Featured App | Time Timer

Most kids start asking, “When?” and “How much longer?” as soon as they can speak in sentences. But, as many a frustrated parent knows, preschoolers have difficulty grasping the difference between “in fifteen minutes” and “next week.” The same is…

When Disabled Family Members Live Alone: Technology for Keeping in Touch

In the United States, 87 percent of senior adults prefer “aging in place” to living elsewhere; and thousands of disabled young adults opt for independent living. In either case, families worry about whether their loved ones can manage. If you’re…

Walk With Me 2026: Less Than a Month Away!

Thanks to all who read our first Walk With Me 2026 post on February 25, and took time to share the news, make a donation, and/or sign up as a walker! (If you didn’t see the earlier post—or if you…

Cool Tech Conversations from CES 2026

Article #4 on the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). See previous articles: Today, we wind up the series with a summary of noteworthy CES sessions (aka workshops or seminars) attended by BridgingApps team members: Better Together: Cross-Industry Partnerships for Inclusive…