October is AAC Awareness Month. The goal is to raise awareness of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and to inform the public about the many different ways in which people communicate using communication devices. BridgingApps has created a new list…
Read Time 3 Minutes The brains behind this blog are all Gulf Coast residents, so we empathize if you’ve had more than enough of summer. In some places, summer is the most beautiful season: in the southeastern U.S., it’s mostly…
Read Time 5 Minutes If there’s anything worse than having your plans spoiled, it’s having plans spoiled when they include someone who has autism or Down syndrome, who never heard the unspoken “circumstances permitting” behind “we’ll go to the beach…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: If I Need Help is a free web-based app (and mobile friendly) that allows family members and caregivers, to create a customized wearable QR code linked to an individual…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Great for executive functioning, Todoist: To-Do List & Tasks is an app to organize, plan and collaborate on projects, both big and small. Use Todoist to: • Capture and…
April is Autism Awareness Month! National Autism Awareness Month represents an excellent opportunity to promote autism awareness, autism acceptance and to draw attention to the tens of thousands facing an autism diagnosis each year. In recent years, there have been…
Toca Boca apps are great for children on the autism spectrum. With these apps, kids (along with a peer, parent, teacher or therapist) can have fun practicing: social interaction oral language taking turns engaging in pretend play reading facial expressions…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Speech Blubs: Language Therapy is a voice controlled app designed to help users learn new words and sounds. The app presents with videos of children repeating words or sounds.…
Choiceworks Calendar is a handy picture-based learning tool that helps users learn what is happening day-to-day throughout each month. By presenting the abstract concept of time in a structured, visual format, the app helps useres organize their lives as well…
April is Autism Awareness Month! BridgingApps has put together a list of apps for adults with autism. Recently, there have been more and more apps targeted at specific diagnoses. During BridgingApps app trials and reviews we have found that many…
