Category: Success Stories (page 7)

A Team Effort: Rudy’s Unexpected Journey with Technology Written By: Cristen Reat I met Rudy and his wife Andrea in April 2015, when BridgingApps presented on using apps and mobile devices to the St. Luke’s Stroke Support Group. Like many…

So, will he ever speak? | Braxton’s Success with AAC Written By: Vanessa Vaughan, Braxton’s Mother When Braxton was given the diagnosis of Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome  (RTS), we learned from other families that many of the children are non-verbal and use sign language or…

My name is Susan and I am a Speech-Language Pathologist at an outpatient rehabilitation clinic. We provide services for children birth to 21 years of age. Our clinic has an outpatient and in-house ABA ( Applied Behavior Analysis) program so…

Written By: Michael McWatters (Colin’s Dad) UX Architect, TED (TED.com) This post was written by Colin’s loving father, Michael McWatters.  We applaud your efforts as a parent trying to find the right tools to help your son reach his goals.…

Nathan, a Fort Bend ISD kindergartener with a mild form of Autism, uses technology both in and outside of the classroom. His teacher uses weekly visits to a computer, daily center time at the classroom computer workstation and an iPad…

Written By: Matt Walker Age 15, High School Freshman and dyslexic. I was sitting at a table in The Austin Convention Center with school principals, teachers, parents, and app developers all eager to experience what it was like to have…

Written By: Kristin Steen (Liam’s Mom) Liam is now 5 years old and is still using his iPad regularly.  He has shown so much progress, specifically with his ability to trace letters much more precisely, his attention span (both in trying to…

Written By: Mark and Laurel Carleton (Richard’s Parents) Meet Richard, an energetic and determined little seven-year-old boy whose favorite person in the world is his eleven-year-old sister Camille. Every morning, without fail, Richard bolts across the upstairs landing at our…

Our son William was born in 2005 with Down syndrome and some serious medical complications.  In 2011, we founded “Special iApps” to develop educational apps to help teach children like William and those with other learning disabilities. We last wrote here about William…