June is Rebuild Your Life Month. What does “rebuilding life” mean to you? Although many people decide on their own to start fresh/look for a new job/revive old dreams, “rebuilding season” forces itself on many others. The trigger might be:…
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Fathers and Kids: Bringing Disability Awareness to the Public
Our annual Father’s Day highlight features country musician Cooper Wade and his daughter Anna Kate. Anna is turning 21 and, despite cerebral palsy that severely limits her speech, excels as a Chick-Fil-A greeter, using a BIGmack recorder for assistive technology.…
How to “Think College”: Finding IDD-Friendly Higher Education
No question: it takes more than a high school diploma to prepare for the college world. High school is a right and a duty; college is an earned privilege. High school students are supervised by school faculty during class hours…
Drowning in Passwords: 7 Tips for Securing Your Accounts Without Mental Overload
Which possibility worries you more: having someone steal access to your digital accounts, or losing your own access by forgetting your passwords? If the latter bothers you more, you aren’t alone. With most personal accounts, being hacked is a theoretical…
Facing Hurricane Season with a Disability
Hurricane season spans half a year—June through November—and, for many coastal residents, is also high-anxiety season. “Storm anxiety” is common enough to be recognized by the psychological world and major news media alike. It’s worse if you’ve previously lived through…
What’s Trending in Financial Tech?
Financial technology (“fintech” for short) has fads and trends like everything else. Digital money-transfer options are no longer limited to credit card payments, bank withdrawals, or even bank/store apps. While cryptocurrency has lost some momentum, peer-to-peer money transfer apps are…
Mother’s Day Wearables: Easy-to-Use Assistive Tech That Moms Love
Whether your mother is a regular geek or a proud technophobe, everyone appreciates little gadgets that help organize tasks, goals, and “me time.” And mothers—noted for being busier and juggling more than most other people—deserve these gifts that keep on…
Doctors Are People, Too
There’s a cartoon that shows a preschooler in a waiting room, asking his mother, “Do doctors ever get sick like real people?” Apps for teaching kids about doctors’ work: Doctors may seem superhuman to many who depend on them, but…
3 Key Challenges for the Autistic Volunteer
Today’s post is in honor of National Volunteer Week—and of all people, with or without special challenges, who make time to help build a better world. “Volunteering defines America,” states President Biden in this year’s Volunteer Week proclamation. “We seek…
Autism Awareness: How Do People with Autism Want to Be Seen?
Understanding of autism has come a long way since doctors began researching it in the 1940s. However, it’s still easier to get a job without autism; there are still schools that refuse needed accommodations; and there are still too few…