BridgingApps, through the generous support of the CTA Foundation is proud to present the “Did You Know?” video series. This series will help guide users to identify, customize and set up helpful features on a mobile device one already owns…
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Did You Know? Digital Essentials Video Series
BridgingApps, through the generous support of the CTA Foundation, is proud to present the “Did You Know?” video series. This series is meant to highlight and teach the most helpful and easiest to implement mobile device features and functions that…
Retired Service Dogs
For the disability-affected person who seeks companionship along with practical assistance, the service dog is far superior to any inanimate tool. But though it’s a hard fact to face with any companion animal, a service dog is also likely to…
Hearing Loss: The Most Isolating Disability
“The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex … than those of blindness. Deafness … means the loss of the most vital stimulus—the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir and keeps us in [human] intellectual…
Making Technology Accessible to Older Adults
Grandparents’ Day is coming up on Sunday the 11th. Whether you’re a literal grandparent, a foster grandparent, a great-aunt or -uncle, or an honorary relative for a friend’s grandchildren, we wish you and the kids a special day sharing special…
Polypharmacy: Too Much of a (Usually) Good Thing
(This article is partly adapted from “Polypharmacy: What Is It and Are You at Risk?,” a workshop presented by Jay Gupta at the Houston 2022 Abilities Expo.) Polypharmacy: the simultaneous use of multiple drugs by a single patient, for one…
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…
A Brief History of Service Dogs | National Dog Month
Read Time 3 Minutes In honor of National Dog Month, BridgingApps dedicates this post to all hardworking service dogs past and present. Working dogs have been part of human civilization for thousands of years. Once upon a time, a wolf…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | If I Need Help
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: If I Need Help is a free web-based app (and mobile friendly) that allows family members and caregivers, to create a customized wearable QR code linked to an individual…
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…