Thank you United States Veterans for your service! Easter Seals Greater Houston was thrilled to be a recipient of the Texas Veterans + Family Alliance grant that is committed to improving the quality of life of Texas veterans and their families by…
Category: Veterans
BridgingApps Collaborates with Harvard Digital Psychiatry Team to Highlight New Tool for Mental Health Apps
Read Time: 2 Minutes What are the best mental health apps? In our work with people with disabilities and veterans, we have been asked this seemingly simple question often. As with any “best app” question, we typically reply with questions…
Matthew’s Success Story | iPad Pro
Matthew is a military veteran and an artist who recently received an iPad Pro with the help of BridgingApps and the Veteran team at Easter Seals Greater Houston. Prior to receiving his iPad Pro, he used another digital art tool…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | ClassPass: Fitness Workout App
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: ClassPass is a free app available on Android and IOS devices. It involves a monthly membership which allows the user access to participating fitness services. Many services are available…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | HabitMinder
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: HabitMinder is a health and fitness app available on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It is a free app to download and offers options to purchase upgrades to different…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | Suicide Safe by SAMHSA
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Suicide Safe by SAMHSAÂ is a suicide prevention app for behavioral health and primary care providers. It is a free app to download and works on iPad, iPhone or and…
More Than Simple Gratitude: Heroes in Plain Sight
Written By Amy Harkins Reading Time: 2 Minutes Veterans are not a monolith. They possess a variety of talents and skills and needs after the epic storm that crashed and stalled over Houston in August of 2017. Hurricane Harvey was…
Freedom From Smoking Program
BridgingApps, a program of Easter Seals Greater Houston was awarded a grant from CVS Health Foundation to support tobacco cessation efforts helping key populations—individuals with disabilities, veterans, caregivers, and persons with behavioral health and substance abuse/recovery concerns– quit smoking for…
BridgingApps Tech Tip | Accessibility Magnifier iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad 🔎
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…
BridgingApps Tech Tip | SOS Emergency Feature of iOS 11
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…