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…
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…
Thank you to all our Walk With Me 2023 Donors! Easter Seals Walk with Me Houston was a huge success and we could not have done it without each and every one of you. We are currently at 75% of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: SoundPrint is a tool with a built-in noise meter that allows users to measure the loudness of a venue and then submit that info into a shared database. Users…
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…
