May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, and also Older Adults Awareness Month. Today’s post is for everyone dealing with the onset of age-related hearing loss. Not “Getting It” Like You Used To It’s hard admitting that your hearing isn’t what it…
May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, a special period dedicated to highlighting the significance of communication and listening skills in our daily lives. During this month, we honor the accomplishments of professionals in speech-language pathology and audiology, who tirelessly assist individuals…
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 20.6 million people in the country belong to one or more of these ethnicities, not counting those who…
BridgingApps’ latest Client Success Story, told by Alejandra “Ale” Gonzalez, Digital Navigator. This story began when Malissa Dean, a visually impaired young-adult client, came to the BridgingApps open lab. Her goal was (and is) to become YouTube famous, and she…
“If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” –Dr. Stephen Shore Ditto if you’ve met one person with Parkinson’s disease, or one person with PTSD, or one person with depressive disorder. Or even if you’ve…
Companion post to “Let’s Celebrate: Inclusive Post-Secondary Education.” Disability access in higher education has improved considerably since today’s grandparents were in college. Accommodations and stigma are still issues, however—particularly for students with intellectual or developmental disability (IDD), since college admissions…
A mother’s work is never done, but a good app (or two or several) can help you at least keep pace with the urgent and the important. Want to sign up for grocery delivery? Planning a long day of errands?…
Hurricane season officially begins on June 1, and many Houstonians are already preparing and bracing. All predictions for 2024 indicate an “active” season: 54 percent chance of at least one hurricane landing somewhere along the Texas Gulf Coast, and a…
Recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month, today we highlight BridgingApps lists that focus on keeping life under control. Of course no life can ever be brought completely under control, but mental and emotional stress are significantly reduced by committing…
Begun in 2020, Inclusive Post-Secondary Education (IPSE) Day (May 1) emphasizes college options for disabled and underserved students. Intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), as well as the more “extensive” physical disabilities (e.g., deaf-blindness and quadriplegia), mean extra challenges. In today’s…
