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High School Digital Tech Training

BridgingApps has teamed with the ESGH High School/High Tech program to help high school students hone their mobile-device skills. The first two training sessions, each for a different group of five students with disabilities, were in November 2022 and May…

Assistive Tech for Alzheimer’s and Dementia

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, a time to learn about all types of dementia and to support those affected by it (over 55 million patients, plus their families). Here are some of BridgingApps’ favorite technologies for helping people…

What’s a “Summer Bridge”?

As defined by the U.S. Department of Education, a “summer bridge program” is an organized program “designed to ease the transition to college and support postsecondary success by providing students with the academic skills and social resources needed to succeed…

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How to “Think College”: Finding IDD-Friendly Higher Education

No question: it takes more than a high school diploma to prepare for the college world. High school is a right and a duty; college is an earned privilege. High school students are supervised by school faculty during class hours…

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Drowning in Passwords: 7 Tips for Securing Your Accounts Without Mental Overload

Which possibility worries you more: having someone steal access to your digital accounts, or losing your own access by forgetting your passwords? If the latter bothers you more, you aren’t alone. With most personal accounts, being hacked is a theoretical…

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Facing Hurricane Season with a Disability

Hurricane season spans half a year—June through November—and, for many coastal residents, is also high-anxiety season. “Storm anxiety” is common enough to be recognized by the psychological world and major news media alike. It’s worse if you’ve previously lived through…

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Apps for Organizing Your Priorities

As with physical health, daily habits have an impact on mental health. Your mental and physical health are probably less than they could be, if you regularly: The main problem is that people are prone to choosing the urgent over…

Apps for Graduates

What do you give a graduating student about to make their first foray into employment, post-secondary education, or independent living? How about an app (or a new device preloaded with apps) to help them in the transition? Apps for graduates…

Mental Health Apps Lists: Self-Care

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Since an important aspect of mental health is maintaining good physical and emotional health, today we’re sharing lists of our favorite self-care apps. Schedule a little “me time” with some of these: it’ll do…

The New World of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids

Hearing loss is worse than an inconvenience: its side effects include social isolation, increased vulnerability to depression, and increased risk of injury. Not to mention higher stress and frustration levels, especially when dealing with people who dismiss the struggle with,…