Read Time 4 Minutes “The Congress finds that physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person’s right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with physical or mental disabilities have been precluded from doing…
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BridgingApps Newly Updated Voiceover List
Because VoiceOver is integrated in iOS, it works with all the built-in iPhone apps. You can create custom labels for buttons in any app including third-party apps. And, Apple works with the iOS developer community to make even more apps…
Library Hotspots and Lift Zones: Making the Internet Universally Accessible
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 3 Minutes After the initial COVID outbreak of 2020 shut down public gatherings, the disadvantages of living without reliable broadband internet became obvious. School kids in low-income families, cut off from in-person education and unable…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | Envision AI
Recently updated, and now FREE for all users. Envision AI is an app designed to give blind or low vision people more information about things around them. If you are familiar with Seeing AI from Microsoft, this app is very…
Having Fun with ChatterPix ☀️ Summer Edition
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 4 Minutes Among today’s most popular apps is ChatterPix from Duck Duck Moose (and its ChatterPix Kids version for children below social-sharing age). The basic premise is simple: use the app to take a photo…
Summer Road Trip Apps
No matter how long or short your road trip may be this summer, we have a list of great apps to entertain, help get you where you are going, and educate the family about what they might see when they…
Wellness With Brittany | Seated Stretches
Whether it’s helping individuals tackle anxiety, improve focus and productivity, overcome fear, or to take a much needed timeout, Yoga can be an incredibly helpful tool to improve mental health. BridgingApps and Easter Seals Greater Houston are pleased to announce…
988: The New Mental-Health Emergency Number
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 3 Minutes In the United States, over 45,000 people die each year from suicide—the country’s twelfth leading cause of death. Many of these tragedies could be prevented if prompt diagnosis and treatment were available (and…
Summer Reading Apps
School-age children often look forward to summertime- watersports, playing outside, family vacations, and no school! It is great for children (and parents) to get a break from school routines and homework stress, but sometimes children can lose skills they learned…
Family Travel with a Disability
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 3 Minutes No exaggeration: Googling “family travel horror stories” will get you over 100 million results. If there’s a foolproof method for getting a whole household into the next state or through an airport without…