Today, we look at a condition that often accompanies mental-health problems. “Exhausted” means “fatigued,” but in a more general sense it means “spent, out of energy.” You can exhaust yourself by working until you drop. You can also exhaust the…
Category: Autism
Moving Forward Through Digital Access: Cameron Asaf’s Client Story
Today’s Client Story features Cameron Asaf, a 20-year-old graduate of Clear Creek ISD. Cameron has autism and first became a BridgingApps/Easter Seals client in summer 2023, through our Comcast-sponsored Digital Literacy Training Project. More recently, he’s received a BridgingApps-distributed laptop…
Tech Tools, Transition Training, and Tender Care: Devin’s Journey
College student Devin Mills, who has autism, came to BridgingApps/Easter Seals Greater Houston in 2025, through Houston City College’s Pathways to Success program, on the advice of success coach Madelyn Traylor. (Pathways to Success focuses on career training for high…
You Don’t Say! Common AAC Misconceptions and Facts
National AT [Assistive Technology] Awareness Day is this Wednesday, April 22. National Speech-Language-Hearing Month begins next week. We recognize both today, with a look at AAC and why families shouldn’t hesitate to consider it. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools…
BridgingApps Newly Updated App | Exercise Buddy Professional
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Newly updated, Exercise Buddy Professional is an app designed to help individuals with autism participate in an exercise program and learn about their body. The app is excellent for…
Apps for Autism
April is Autism Acceptance Month. There are tons of assistive-technology apps for autistic users and their families: BridgingApps has compiled over half a dozen lists of suggestions. Check out your preferred topic/area of concern; or just browse.
AI and Autism: A World of Opportunities and Challenges
“AI Literacy [focuses] on exploring the fundamental question … ‘How do we prepare learners for an AI-enabled world?’” –AILiteracyDay.org website (March 27, 2026 was National AI Literacy Day.) Another fundamental question is, How do we prepare neurodivergent learners for a…
Welcome to Autism Acceptance Month!
April is Autism Acceptance Month—also called Autism Awareness Month, or simply National (or World) Autism Month. Don’t feel bad if you get confused about the “right” name: even in most advocacy groups, “acceptance” displaced “awareness” only a few years ago.…
The Art of Turning Dreams into Strategies
Happy January! Did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year—or are you cynical about resolutions to begin with? Achieving any goal requires more than a dream: it requires sound judgment, planning, perseverance, and motivation. A challenging list for most…
“I Can’t Stop Thinking!” Or, Autism Is a Workaholic Brain
If I don’t obsess about something then it doesn’t get done. Unfortunately, I’m not always able to pick my obsessions. –David Finch, author of personal-experience book The Journal of Best Practices I Do It My Way Obsessions are a common…