Filmed live in BridgingApps AT&T Assistive Touch Lab in Houston, Texas, Jana shares some great tips and tricks for disaster preparedness using smartphone apps and features. Preparing for emergencies and extreme weather events can be overwhelming for individuals with disabilities…
Digital Safety: An Ongoing Conversation by The BridgingApps Team We are parents just like you, who are concerned with the content that our children consume digitally. We too struggle with how best to allow our kids to safely navigate the…
Magnifier in iOS11 is a feature that turns your device into a digital magnifier. Learn with us! This video walks through the magnifier feature available on the iPhone and iPad running iOS 11 software. Go to ‘Settings’. Touch ‘General. Touch…
In this video we walk through the SOS emergency feature of IOS 11. When it is set up, pressing the lock screen button 5 times rapidly will activate the feature. When you make a call with SOS, your iPhone automatically…
In this short video tutorial you will learn how to buy and download music, videos, TV shows, and movies on iTunes. We will also show you how to listen to music on your device after it has already been purchased.…
Back to school shopping can be simultaneously exhilarating, sticker shock producing and full of hopeful possibility for a new beginning. We know that getting organized, dusting off that IEP from the pile you have avoided since June and preparing to…
There are many apps that can be game changers for students in inclusion settings and can help lead to more successful transitions as students enter high school and beyond. Taking adequate time to prepare by working on those skills now…
Summer is a time when most kids are enjoying water parks and splash pads, not focused on their academic skills. But maybe they should be. “Many students experience some learning loss during the summer,†said Cristen Reat, co-founder and program coordinator…
By Cristen Carson Reat So it happened one day when we weren’t expecting it. We weren’t expecting it because my son Vincent is not a wanderer or a runner. One spring afternoon when the whole family was home, an open…
Gifting technology to a child during the holidays can be a terribly exciting experience. However, being chastised by well meaning relatives or friends about “too much screen†time can suck the joy right out of this thrilling time. Technology…
