“Assistive technology” may sound like something best left to engineers, but in fact it’s highly relevant to daily life. Scooter or hearing aid or smartphone app, any item becomes a form of assistive technology (AT) when used for a task…
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Popular Misconceptions about Assistive Technology
We round off National Assistive Technology Awareness Month with a look at some common-but-untrue assumptions about AT. Misconception: Assistive technology is limited to wheelchairs and other bulky devices. Facts: Any “assistive” item counts—including digital apps. You can carry dozens of…
What Is Assistive Technology?
November is National Assistive Technology Awareness Month. What comes to mind at the phrase “assistive technology”? By formal definition, assistive technology is “any item, piece of equipment, or product system—whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized—that is used…
Assistive Technology Awareness Day
On April 6, the U.S. Senate will pass a resolution to shed important light and celebrate National Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness Day. The day honors people with disabilities who require AT to access their education, workplace, community and recreational activities.…
BridgingApps Launches New Website | National Assistive Technology Awareness Day
BridgingApps is celebrating National Assistive Technology Awareness Day with the launch of our NEW WEBSITE! We are pleased to announce that we re-launched the BridgingApps website today! It’s the same site with NEW content and we have enhanced the way…
BridgingApps Podcast Segment for Assistive Technology in iTunes
BridgingApps features an app review segment on a podcast called the Assistive Technology Update. The podcast is a dose of information that keeps users up to date on the latest developments in the field of technology designed to assist people with…
Assistive Technology Update Podcast | Featuring BridgingApps Cristen Reat 🎙
This week BridgingApps Co-Founder Cristen Reat is featured on the Assistive Technology Update podcast. She shares a little about our team and more about our program and what’s new at BridgingApps. There are three easy ways to listen to the episode: 1.…
Assistive Technology Update Podcast | Kids, Apps, & Food Project High Five Cristen Reat & Cathy Foreman 🎙
This week BridgingApps Co-Founder and Program Director Cristen Reat and Registered Dietitian Cathy Foreman are featured on the iTunes Assistive Technology Update with Wade Wingler podcast. They share a current BridgingApps’ Project High Five! – A healthy behaviors program with…
Assistive Technology Update Podcast with Cristen Reat
This week BridgingApps Co-Founder and Program Director Cristen Reat is featured on the iTunes Assistive Technology Update with Wade Wingler podcast. She shares all the latest BridgingApps news. There are three easy ways to listen to the episode: 1. iTunes is…
Using Assistive Technology & BridgingApps to Improve Social Cognition in High-Functioning Teens with ASD
Kelly Kaleta, Parent Night Out Coordinator from Easter Seals Greater Houston, presented on using BridgingApps within a group respite environment to help improve social cognition in high-functioning teens with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). Kaleta reviewed the process of selecting applications,…