April is Autism Acceptance/Awareness Month: celebrate with a new app (or two or three) to make life with autism a little easier. Not all the best life-skills and AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) apps are free, but many are half…
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Featured Autism App Lists
April is Autism Awareness Month. In recognition, we at BridgingApps share two of our best apps lists for users with autism. Apps for Calming and Self-Regulation Just about everyone these days needs extra practice in relaxing and slowing down—skills that…
5 Apps to Help You Manage Your Family’s Mental Health and Well-Being | Parenting Special Needs Magazine
It’s springtime and by now you have likely settled into the new year. Perhaps you are crushing your new year’s goals or maybe you feel like you are barely surviving? We get it. We, at BridgingApps, have been keeping an eye out for…
BridgingApps Featured App | GoodMaps Explore
Traditional navigation apps are designed for drivers. While many include “public transportation” and “walking” options, the typical assumption is still that the user can read street signs, identify landmarks, and otherwise see where they’re going. It’s only recently that navigation…
Client Success Story: Growing and Learning with Down Syndrome
March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day. Our BridgingApps Digital Learning Specialist, Tara Rocha, shares the story of one client’s journey. We first met Sarah Brhlik at Reese Technical Center (Fort Bend ISD), in an 18+ transition program taught by…
BridgingApps Staff Picks | Cristen Reat on Down Syndrome Apps
From our Co-Founder and Program Director, Cristen Reat, a selection of recommended apps to help meet the challenges of Down syndrome.
How to Recognize and Avoid a Scam
Scam: (n) a fraudulent or deceptive act or operation. (v) (1) to deceive and defraud. (v) (2) to obtain something, such as money, by a scam. –Merriam-Webster.com Such dictionary definitions don’t begin to capture the emotional pain of realizing one…
Word Prediction or Word Intrusion? When Software Has Its Own Vocabulary
Today’s digital world is full of apps routinely telling users what to say next. Help or nuisance? It depends. When Word Prediction = Assistive Technology Sometimes, word prediction/auto-correct is not only helpful but essential to daily functioning. Says Andi Fry…
BYOC (Bring Your Own Captioning) for Conference Speakers
Like many forms of assistive technology, screen captions have gone mainstream. Many people with typically functional hearing are turning on the captions for a variety of reasons: private viewing in public environments, poor sound quality on individual devices, or just…
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…