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…
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Library Hotspots and Lift Zones: Making the Internet Universally Accessible
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…
988: The New Mental-Health Emergency Number
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…
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…
Can Childhood Habits Reduce Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s?
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 4 Minutes Nearly 6 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, the best-known and most dreaded form of dementia. Typically seen in people 65 and older, Alzheimer’s rarely gets much thought from those under 50, unless they…
Digital Literacy Checkup | Psychology Today Feature
Digital literacy can mean the difference between social isolation and social connection, or between anxiety and self-confidence. In some cases, especially where a person is at high risk for suicide or medical crisis, it can mean the difference between life and death. BridgingApps Digital Content Writer, Katherine…
Special Needs Parenting Tips for Fathers
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 6 Minutes To celebrate Father’s Day, today’s post is written for fathers, who often feel neglected amidst all the parenting advice and support groups aimed at mothers. Every dedicated father—single or paired up, full-time or…
Special Needs, Opportunities, and the Cost of Living: Extra Challenges for Low-Income Families
It’s hard enough raising a child with special needs. It’s hard enough feeding a family on under $25,000 a year (a typical income for full-time restaurant employees in the United States). But for the parent coping with a child’s special…
Emergency Preparedness When a Family Member Has Special Needs
Hurricane season in the U.S. runs from June through November, and many people keep a nervous eye on the coast each summer. But for some families, emergency preparedness is especially worrisome in any season. You probably harbor higher-than-average dread of…
BrainHQ App for Brain Fog
Written By Katherine Swarts3 minute read Brain fog is a common symptom of traumatic brain injury (TBI), “long COVID,” and many other medical problems. Brain fog can also be temporary, triggered by any number of causes from food allergy to…