By Katherine Swarts Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD for short)! This Thursday marks the eleventh annual GAAD, a time to consider how digital technology can make life easier for those who struggle to perform basic everyday functions. When most…

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Tech Tools for a Healthy Summer Reset | Parenting Special Needs Magazine
Summertime is almost here! As parents and caregivers, we know that summer means less structured time for our children due to school breaks. This inevitably leads to more responsibilities for us as caregivers, which can also mean more stress. Taking…
Choiceworks & Choiceworks Calendar Apps | Autism Awareness Month 2022
Choiceworks Calendar is a handy picture-based learning tool that helps users learn what is happening day-to-day throughout each month. By presenting the abstract concept of time in a structured, visual format, the app helps useres organize their lives as well…
Avaz Apps for Communication 50% Discount For Autism Awareness Month
Avaz Apps for Communication are currently 50% off for Autism Awareness Month. Avaz App for Communication is an augmentative communication app for non-verbal children with autism. Avaz’s user interface is designed to make speech therapy more effective, develop a user’s language,…
Assistive Technology Awareness Day
On April 6, the U.S. Senate will pass a resolution to shed important light and celebrate National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day. The day honors people with disabilities who require AT to access their education, workplace, community and recreational activities.…
World Down Syndrome Day | Sharing Vincent
Written By Cristen ReatTo honor World Down Syndrome Day, Cristen is sharing the story of her son Vincent. Since my son Vincent turned 15, I have been obsessed with labels. Though he was born with Down syndrome, on a day…
Tech Tools to Encourage Healthy Habits for Kids | Parenting Special Needs Magazine
The topic of health and wellness has been a big one for the last two years. We have discussed medical health apps for medication management and telehealth visits as well as mental health apps, although most of these are focused…
Tools and Tech Tips to Support Kids with Cortical Visual Impairments
Reading Time: 2 MinutesWritten By Cristen Reat Dr. Christine Roman-Lantzy is the director of the Pediatric VIEW Program at The Children’s Home & Lemieux Family Center and a former project leader of the CVI Project at The American Printing House…
Apps to kick off the New Year | Parenting Special Needs Magazine
Parenting Special Needs Magazine and BridgingApps collaborated for a special New Year article. Although we hoped that many aspects of our lives would get back to pre-pandemic “normal” last year, many of us caring for children with disabilities continued to be…
Top 5 BridgingApps Special Needs Apps of 2021
We hope you all are enjoying your holidays. As we countdown to 2022 we thought we would take a look back at five of our most popular app reviews from 2021. This list includes our most accessed app reviews from…