September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month—but in modern obstetrics, much screening takes place weeks or months before the birth. Pregnancy has always been a time of extensive preparation—and of learning that things never go according to script. Not even when…
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Making Technology Accessible to Older Adults
Grandparents’ Day is coming up on Sunday the 11th. Whether you’re a literal grandparent, a foster grandparent, a great-aunt or -uncle, or an honorary relative for a friend’s grandchildren, we wish you and the kids a special day sharing special…
Counting Disability as a Blessing
Read Time 5 Minutes “It’s not the ‘challenge’ of having a child with special needs. It’s the privilege of having a kid with special needs.” –Alan Roesch, father of a teenager with neurological disabilities Whether a disability is diagnosed before…
Having Fun with ChatterPix ☀️ Summer Edition
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 4 Minutes Among today’s most popular apps is ChatterPix from Duck Duck Moose (and its ChatterPix Kids version for children below social-sharing age). The basic premise is simple: use the app to take a photo…
Back to School App List For Parents 🏫
Students are not the only ones getting back in the swing of things this time of year. Parents are too. BridgingApps knows that you are very busy, so we did some of the legwork on finding new resources for you…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | Wild Symphony
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: The Wild Symphony app is a free, multi-sensory app that was created to go together with a book of the same name by author, Dan Brown. The app uses…
Cognitopia: Part 3
Read Time: 4 minutes What is Cognitopia? Cognitopia is a suite of accessible apps for self-management and executive functioning that help people with cognitive disabilities be more independent while helping caregivers provide better support. It was designed by a team…
Autism Rocks and Rolls With Featured Guest Blogger Sam Mitchell
Guest Blogger Sam Mitchell Before I started my podcast, Autism Rocks and Rolls, which can be found on my favorite app, Podbean, and other platforms such as, iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Spreaker, and Soundcloud. I have to admit, I was lonely…
World Down Syndrome Day | William’s Success Story Continues – an Update From His Mom
Written by Beverley Dean MBE, William’s Mom We first wrote about William when he was 6 in 2012 shortly after we founded Special iApps and then updated his story in 2014. William will be 15 later this year. It’s a…
Megan’s Transition Story Using Tech for College Success
Megan has embarked on an exciting new adventure this school year. She is living on campus at University of Houston and overcoming obstacles unique to most freshmen. Megan has cerebral palsy. Prior to starting at the University of Houston Megan…










