Read Time 2 Minutes As discussed in our recent post, “Library Hotspots and Lift Zones,” lack of reliable high-speed internet is an educational, economic, and vocational disadvantage. Fortunately, there are many options for getting advanced digital access on a limited…
Read Time 4 Minutes “TexasYouth2Adult is an interactive tool created to empower youth with special health care needs to grow successfully into adulthood. It was created with input from parents, health care providers, educators, transition specialists, and youth. Families can…
BridgingApps has published a new Digital House Calls course on Udemy. Digital House Calls: A Step-by-Step Guide for Telemedicine Visits is a course for seniors and caregivers of persons with disabilities. It is a how-to training designed to increase access to virtual…
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…
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…
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…
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 5 Minutes “As we celebrate Independence Day, I think it aligns with our mission perfectly. Supporting clients and their families as they gain strength, skills, resources, and information to build the life they want is…
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 7 Minutes July is National Sandwich Generation Month—a time to honor everyone who has accepted the challenge of helping aging parents while simultaneously raising minor children. Even if your children are self-reliant for their age…
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…
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 5 Minutes Nearly 6 million Americans—and 1 in 9 people over age 65—have Alzheimer’s disease, the best-known and most dreaded form of dementia. But Alzheimer’s isn’t the only cause of memory, reasoning, or concentration difficulties…
