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…
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How to Enjoy Summer Celebrations Without Risking Sensory Overload
Note: Today’s article focuses on Independence Day because that was the big recent celebration. However, the information is relevant to most large-scale outdoor events. Even before the Declaration of Independence was finalized, founding father John Adams envisioned an annual celebration…
Expansion Pilot Report: Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Today, we continue our new series of posts on what Easterseals affiliates across the country are learning from BridgingApps and our Expansion Pilot project. The following comments are from John Swartz, Respite Coordinator of Community Outreach and Assistive Technology at…
Summer Slide and Learning Disabilities
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 3 Minutes When school vacation starts, so do parental worries about “summer slide”—the extended-time-off effect by which too many kids forget what they learned the previous year. And if your children have learning disabilities, the…
Expansion Pilot Report: Easterseals Iowa
Welcome to our summer 2026 series from the Easterseals affiliates in our Expansion Pilot project. The following comments are from Tracy Keninger, Director of Rural Solutions/Assistive Technology Center at Easterseals Iowa. (Information tidbit: Easterseals Iowa services include a federally funded…
From the Classroom to the Family Room: “Technology for Households” Update
“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…
Happy 15th Birthday, BridgingApps!
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…
Expansion Pilot Project: Welcome to 2026
Good news for readers who enjoyed last year’s “Expansion Pilot” articles by Easterseals affiliates from Indiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, southwest Texas, and Virginia/North Carolina: the project is still expanding. In 2026, BridgingApps is hosting virtual training for five more Easterseals affiliates:…
Starting the Year Off Right: CES 2026
BridgingApps loves to attend the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Thanks to generous support from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation, three of our team were able to go this year (January 6–9): They were accompanied by…
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…










