The annual hurricane season runs from June through November, and is at its worst in late August – mid September. Along the Gulf of Mexico and the southern Atlantic coast, few people watch summer weather forecasts without some trepidation. Will…
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Expansion Pilot Update: From Easterseals Rio Grande Valley
This is the third post in our “Expansion Pilot Update” series, which shares stories from five Easterseals affiliates who are taking monthly virtual classes on using our App Search Tool. Today’s story is from Angela C. Hernandez and Stephanie Lozano…
Expansion Pilot Update: From Easterseals Southeastern Pennsylvania
This is the second post in our “Expansion Pilot Update” series, featuring reports from five Easterseals affiliates who are learning the BridgingApps Search Tool via monthly virtual training. Today’s report is from Joy McGowan and Marcia Leinweber, of Easterseals Southeastern…
Digital Literacy for Young Adults: AI, Gamified Learning, and a World of Possibilities
Tara Rocha, our BridgingApps Digital Learning Specialist, teaches digital-literacy classes for young adults with IDD. This is Tara’s latest news from the program. The World of Everyday AI Lately, our classes have talked quite a bit about AI: voice assistants,…
In-Person, Virtual, or Hybrid? The World of Meeting Formats
A Brief History of Technology-Enabled Gatherings Believe it or not, the first “remote business meeting” happened over a century ago. In 1915, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, Thomas Watson demonstrated long-distance telephoning by taking a call from…
Expansion Pilot Update: From Easterseals Crossroads
Last April, BridgingApps shared the basics on our two-year “expansion pilot project.” Through 2025 and 2026, we are hosting webinars for Easterseals affiliates in other cities, familiarizing them with our Search Tool database and favorite apps. Each program is shared…
BridgingApps’ Essential Travel Apps for Your Summer Adventure
Going anywhere this summer? Vacation trips are tons of fun, but often tons of bother as well: what-to-bring lists; heavy suitcases; delayed flights; rental cars; navigating unfamiliar locations; perhaps meltdown-provoking chaos, misplaced medications, or older buildings that lack modern accessibility…
The Lifelong Learning with Friends Program: One Family’s Experience
The Lifelong Learning with Friends (LLwF) program, based at the University of Texas Austin, offers continuing-education classes for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. In-person and virtual classes are available. Today, BridgingApps Director Cristen Reat shares about her young-adult son’s…
Working with Your Child’s School to Get Reasonable Accommodations
In public places, everyone has the right to “reasonable accommodations.” In public schools, students have the right to additional accommodations, including Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) geared to learning style. In both cases, the aim is to ensure that everyone, regardless…
Technology for Households Workshops: Our New ELQN Partnership
Easter Seals Greater Houston’s BridgingApps Program is thrilled to announce that, thanks to a grant from family-empowerment nonprofit CHILDREN AT RISK, we have been accepted as a vendor for Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity’s Early Learning Quality Network (ELQN) project.…