Recipe for a nightmare: entering a hectic shopping mall with a child who is hypersensitive to stimulation or prone to wandering. Even purely physical disabilities can spell trouble when they make it difficult for a child to keep up, or…
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Gratitude: Everyone’s Best Friend
Circumstances don’t make us unhappy: they only make existing attitudes more obvious. There are people overflowing with joy in hospitals and prisons; there are also people who have never seen a hardship, yet complain nonstop about their dissatisfaction with life.…
Male Military Spouses on the Home Front
Around 16 percent of the U.S. military are now women—and many of them (11 percent in the Army) are married to civilian men. Some of these “military husbands” are Veterans and already familiar with how the system works. Others have…
Off to Work We Go: Helping People with Disabilities Find Employment
To close out National Disability Employment Awareness Month, a salute to the professionals who help people with disabilities find paid work (and personal independence). Thirty-two years after the Americans with Disabilities Act guaranteed equal rights to employment—with accommodations and without…
Heroes Are Human, Too
What did you do for Make a Difference Day (October 22 this year)? What are you doing to make a difference on a daily basis? If your immediate response was “nothing”—and especially if you’re inclined toward comparing yourself to heroic…
The World of Cerebral Palsy
Today’s post is dedicated to World Cerebral Palsy Day, Thursday, October 6. Cerebral palsy is one of those disabilities that everyone has heard of but few (outside of the 17 million families who personally live with it) really understand. Ask…
ESGH and Current Events: Digital Inclusion Week 2022
Happy Digital Inclusion Week (October 3–7 in 2022)! Since 2016, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) has been working to raise awareness of the digital divide and to promote digital literacy. What Is Digital Inclusion? For those new to the…
Getting the Word Out: How You Can Help Others Find Affordable Digital Access
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…
Texas Youth2Adult: Recommended-Reading Roundup
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 Digital House Calls Course
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…