Written By Guest Blogger & App Reviewer Christopher Wright Smart Home Technology is essentially taking everyday average appliances you would have in your home, and increasing their usefulness by connecting them to the Internet. They can also connect via Bluetooth technology, although this…
BridgingApps is honored to be a finalist in the Special Needs/Assistive Technology solution category for the EDTech Digest Awards! Bridging the gap between technology and people with disabilities. BridgingApps is a program of Easter Seals Greater Houston that provides access…
Written By Amy Harkins Reading Time: 2 Minutes Veterans are not a monolith. They possess a variety of talents and skills and needs after the epic storm that crashed and stalled over Houston in August of 2017. Hurricane Harvey was…
Join our mission to help children and adults with disabilities use mobile devices to communicate, exceed educational goals, and reach their fullest potential by participating in the 2019 Easter Seals Greater Houston Walk With Me 5K event. Walk With Me…
Article By Cathy Foreman, MS, RDN, LD Ensuring medical safety becomes a parent’s top priority when their child is newly diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. It can be a scary experience that almost 25,000 children and their parents…
This month’s App Reviewer Spotlight is about a long time reviewer, Ashlee Goletz. She has been reviewing apps for BridgingApps since October 2016. Ashlee has a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science form the University of Central Florida, a Master’s degree…
Did you purchase or receive a smart home device during the holiday season? Here at BridgingApps, we look at everything through the “How can this help people of all ages with special needs?†lens. It seems that all the biggest…
Smart home technology is more than convenience and fun for individuals with disabilities. Check out the Amazon Alexa Smart Home Demo Pod at #CES2019 and imagine the possibilities! #AT #AssistiveTech#SmartHome Amazon.com
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Featured App to the site: Peekaboo Presents from Day & Night Studios, Inc. is a great way to help young children learn cause and effect. The app shows a present on the screen and…
During the holiday season, many families choose to purchase new devices such as the 9.7 Apple iPad (that now supports Apple pencil), Google Pixelbook, Amazon Fire HD8 (just released October 2018), Samsung Galaxy Tab, or the Kindle E-Reader.  If this is…
