A salute to November as National Epilepsy Awareness Month. There’s more to epilepsy than the infamous grand mal seizure. In fact, for many people with epilepsy, such a “big bad” seizure is a one-time event or never occurs at all.…
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Can’t Stand Shopping Crowds? Alternative Black-Friday Activities
Recipe for a nightmare: entering a hectic shopping mall with a child who is hypersensitive to stimulation or prone to wandering. Even purely physical disabilities can spell trouble when they make it difficult for a child to keep up, or…
Gratitude: Everyone’s Best Friend
Circumstances don’t make us unhappy: they only make existing attitudes more obvious. There are people overflowing with joy in hospitals and prisons; there are also people who have never seen a hardship, yet complain nonstop about their dissatisfaction with life.…
School Assistance and Free Lunches: Programs Born in the COVID Era
Read Time 5 Minutes In 2020, as COVID-19 outbreaks forced education online, it became painfully obvious how heavily many families depended on in-person schooling. Among the federal assistance programs originated in 2020–21 were a number specifically designed to bridge the…
Straight Talk on Vaccinations
Read Time 3 Minutes August is National Immunization Month, and also back-to-school month in many parts of the United States. An appropriate combination, since preparations for starting or returning to school typically include bringing a child’s immunizations up to date.…
Can Childhood Habits Reduce Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s?
Written By Katherine SwartsRead Time 4 Minutes Nearly 6 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, the best-known and most dreaded form of dementia. Typically seen in people 65 and older, Alzheimer’s rarely gets much thought from those under 50, unless they…
COMING SOON! New, Easier Way to Search Out Your Best Apps
Finding helpful apps can be time consuming, complicated and overwhelming. We’ve been hard at work planning ways to improve your experience, and now we’re about to take a giant step forward in user-friendliness. The brand-new App Search Tool, scheduled to launch later…
Special Needs, Opportunities, and the Cost of Living: Extra Challenges for Low-Income Families
It’s hard enough raising a child with special needs. It’s hard enough feeding a family on under $25,000 a year (a typical income for full-time restaurant employees in the United States). But for the parent coping with a child’s special…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | Telegram Messenger
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Telegram Messenger is a messaging app for communication. Telegram stands out from other apps, as it is customizable and you can make stickers to express yourself. You easily can access…
A Speech Therapist Shares Apps for Speech & Language Development
By: Daryn Ofczarzak, M.A., CCC-SLP Flashcards and worksheets are the traditional bread and butter for speech therapists, but an iPad is an incredible asset for pediatric therapists. Engaging and exciting for the kids, and all the tools you as a…