’Tis the season to be vacationing, and over 40 percent of Americans plan to take, or already have taken, at least one road trip in 2023. The majority travel with family—and not just the kind of family that walks on…
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Cybersecurity 101: Special Disability Concerns
We’ve all heard of the digital world being used as a tool for crimes: romance scams, fake emergencies, ransomware, and stalking, to name just a few. While anyone can be a victim, disabled users have special concerns: Says Walter Prescher,…
Did You Know? iOS 17 NEW Features Video Series in Spanish
In BridgingApps newest “Did You Know?” Spanish Video Series we have created new videos that will help guide users to identify, customize and set up helpful new iOS 17 features on a mobile device one already owns. Each short video…
No Need to Fear: Digital Security for Digital Newbies
Of everything that makes people nervous about the digital universe, the security issue is the most likely to have significant consequences—and the most likely to inspire fears far beyond the true risks. Knowledge is power, so BridgingApps has asked four…
Tech Tips: Apps for Task Management &Organization | Parenting Special Needs Magazine
Here at BridgingApps, we love “single purpose” apps, the ones that we can share with people of all abilities that are designed to address one need in a simple, easy to use format. An example of this would be a…
How to Navigate Changes in Digital-Tools Payment Systems
There’s no frustration like a sudden price hike in something you’ve long taken for granted—be it a utility bill or a favorite app. Notes Cristen Reat, Co-Founder and Program Director of BridgingApps: “I try not to pay for things, but…
BridgingApps in the Field: Our New Comcast-Funded Digital Literacy Program
BridgingApps is excited and grateful for Easterseals’ partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation. Among the many projects funded by Comcast grants is our digital literacy training for transition-age high school students, “transition” referring to the beginning of legal adulthood and independent…
The Working Pet Owner
Among the hundreds of thousands of pets adopted from U.S. animal shelters each year, are an unfortunate minority who are eventually returned to the shelters because they required more money, time, or responsibility than anticipated. The “return” problem got substantial…
Apps for Calming Hurricane-Season Anxiety
The annual hurricane season runs from June through November, and is at its worst in July–September. Along the Gulf of Mexico and the southern Atlantic coast, few people watch summer weather forecasts without some trepidation. Will a hurricane visit my…
PTSD Awareness: Finding the Right Organizer App
PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is not an illness exclusive to battle-scarred Veterans: about one in twenty Americans have it, and they come from all career fields, genders, ethnicities, and ages. Nor do all trauma survivors develop PTSD: probably the highest…