May is National Mental Health Awareness Month; and Easter Seals clients should know about mental health services, since disabled adults in the U.S. experience “mental distress” five times as often as non-disabled adults. Artificial intelligence (AI) can support assistive technology…
As National Mental Health Awareness Month begins in May, let’s be aware that disabled adults in the U.S. experience “mental distress” five times as often as non-disabled adults. One reason is that disabled people deal with more stress: stress from…
Today’s Client Story features Cameron Asaf, a 20-year-old graduate of Clear Creek ISD. Cameron has autism and first became a BridgingApps/Easter Seals client in summer 2023, through our Comcast-sponsored Digital Literacy Training Project. More recently, he’s received a BridgingApps-distributed laptop…
“AI Literacy [focuses] on exploring the fundamental question … ‘How do we prepare learners for an AI-enabled world?’” –AILiteracyDay.org website (March 27, 2026 was National AI Literacy Day.) Another fundamental question is, How do we prepare neurodivergent learners for a…
Article #4 on the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). See previous articles: Today, we wind up the series with a summary of noteworthy CES sessions (aka workshops or seminars) attended by BridgingApps team members: Better Together: Cross-Industry Partnerships for Inclusive…
Article #3 on the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Three of our BridgingApps team members, plus one client family, attended this year: The Show included over 4,100 exhibitors, only a handful of which can be mentioned here. Below, we highlight…
BridgingApps loves to attend the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Thanks to generous support from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation, three of our team were able to go this year (January 6–9): They were accompanied by…
The latest in wearable assistive technology is Meta AI glasses. Today, Alejandra “Ale” Gonzalez, BridgingApps Digital Navigator, shares her experience training clients on this technology. The Meta AI glasses are smart glasses with a Meta AI assistant. They provide hands-free…
The reality is that most of us have been using AI for some time now … Do you use Maps on your smartphone? … Has your child used Text-to-Speech? … Ever asked Siri a question? –“Reading, Writing, and AI,” article…
