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VestLife: An Organization Solution for Families

Most people today have too much to keep track of. Work duties. Volunteer duties. Personal projects. Electric bills. Cable bills. Car-repair bills. School records. Medical records. Passwords to access all those bills and records. It gets worse when someone in…

Eye-Gaze Technology for ALS

ALS. Short for “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.” Also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” for the baseball player who died from it in 1941. By any name, it’s a nightmare to be diagnosed with: it eats away the brain’s motor neurons, progressively…

older adult female being assisted by a young female nurse

National Stroke Awareness Month–App List for Managing Stroke and TBI Effects

Is someone in your family affected by a stroke or a traumatic brain injury (TBI)? Are you concerned that you or someone close to you might have a stroke? May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Mark a day or a…

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Doctors Are People, Too

There’s a cartoon that shows a preschooler in a waiting room, asking his mother, “Do doctors ever get sick like real people?” Apps for teaching kids about doctors’ work: Doctors may seem superhuman to many who depend on them, but…

Goally: Apps Anyone Can Learn

A child who struggles to master basic skills may have autism or any of numerous intellectual/developmental disabilities—and “trying harder” rarely helps if the brain isn’t wired to grasp “standard” approaches. Whether your child’s special challenge is verbal communication, tooth-brushing, time…

10 Popular Misconceptions about Autism

We wind up April as Autism Acceptance Month with another “Popular Misconceptions” article. (After you read it, take time to brush up on what actually works with autism, through our earlier posts on autism app lists, autism assistive technology, and…

Preparing Kids for Adulthood with Autism

Society is well rid of the days when “special education” meant sequestering kids in classes that rarely taught anything above kindergarten level, and post-graduation employment was limited to “sheltered workshops.” Still, autism and intellectual disorders mean extra challenges navigating the…

man looking at phone with airpods in ears

Turning Down the Volume for Everyone’s Health

April 26 is International Noise Awareness Day. Whatever constitutes everyday “background noise” in your neighborhood or community, your conscious brain has probably learned to tune it out—but never giving it a thought may be costing you. Noise and Health The…

3 Key Challenges for the Autistic Volunteer

Today’s post is in honor of National Volunteer Week—and of all people, with or without special challenges, who make time to help build a better world. “Volunteering defines America,” states President Biden in this year’s Volunteer Week proclamation. “We seek…

parents with teen girl in wheelchair using computer

Autism Assistive Technology: Items of Interest

Many people find apps, smart devices, and other assistive technology a big help in managing autism—but there’s so much assistive tech out there, sometimes you have no idea where to start looking for the right item. Even where the tech…