It’s hard enough deciding which assistive technology best helps your child manage a disability. It’s even harder balancing that task with school rules and accommodations. Especially when much technology is now AI-based, and the question of whether AI enhances learning…
With the school year still young, now is a good time to discuss assistive technology with your children and their teachers/IEP team. Here are some recommendations for apps to use in schoolwork, project organization, or post-graduation planning. Recommended Apps Recommended…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Seeing AI is a free artificial intelligence-powered app developed by Microsoft that helps blind and low vision users access printed text, identify products, recognize people, describe scenes, detect currency,…
This article was inspired by “Preparing Students for an AI Workforce,” a June 10 workshop from the Texas Computer Education Association’s 2026 virtual conference. For more on the conference, see our blog post The New World of Educational AI. Humans…
Today’s post is dedicated to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), which celebrates its 36th anniversary on Sunday, July 26. “Curb-cut effect” has become such a common term, it may be surprising that it first appeared less than ten years…
Once upon a time, there were three options for keeping life organized: Today, there are multiple customized planners (three-dimensional and digital) for every purpose. Exercise planners, healthy-eating planners, budgeting/investing planners, long-term-goal planners, planners for users with specific abilities and disabilities…
“Since going to Technology for Households (which we heard about through my child’s school), I’ve learned how to manage my kid’s time and apps on the iPad. He is eager to learn, and pays attention.” –Tomicka Charles, Technology for Households…
Hodari Patton is a BridgingApps client, who has experienced mental health challenges and a schizophrenia diagnosis. He first connected with us in September 2025, through digital-learning classes at Fort Bend CONNECT and Hope Fort Bend Clubhouse. Anna Gonzales, Executive Director…
BridgingApps joined the Easter Seals Greater Houston family in 2011, which makes 2026 our 15th anniversary! Today we celebrate with fond memories, fun trivia, and thoughts on how we’ve evolved and how we’ve proudly stayed the same. A Bit of…
Remember our February/March articles on the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show? Two of those articles mentioned HapWare, winner of the CTA Foundation Health Innovation Challenge. A quick recap: HapWare’s wearable assistive technology, ALEYE, will be available to visually impaired and neurodivergent…
