Our latest post on the Expansion Pilot project and this year’s participating Easterseals affiliates. Today’s comments are from Jonathan May, Occupational Therapy Assistant and technology professional at the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. (The affiliate’s official service area…
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List Highlight: BridgingApps Summer Apps for Adults
Summer is many people’s favorite time of year: the time when their world slows down and there’s extra time for rest and fun. The majority of U.S. adults take at least some time off during the summer, enjoying everything from…
The World of Digital Organizers
Once upon a time, there were three options for keeping life organized: Today, there are multiple customized planners (three-dimensional and digital) for every purpose. Exercise planners, healthy-eating planners, budgeting/investing planners, long-term-goal planners, planners for users with specific abilities and disabilities…
List Highlight: BridgingApps Summer App List for Kids
Are the kids who couldn’t wait for school to be out hanging around your feet now (or slumped in the back of your road-tripping car), complaining about “nothing to do”? Help is here in the form of our BridgingApps Summer…
Expansion Pilot Report: Easterseals Delaware & Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Today, we continue our new series of posts on what Easterseals affiliates across the country are learning from BridgingApps and our Expansion Pilot project. The following comments are from John Swartz, Respite Coordinator of Community Outreach and Assistive Technology at…
OT in the AT Lab
On Monday, June 15, a group of Pima Medical Institute students under the leadership of Dr. Kyra Gainous (Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Director at Pima) visited our Assistive Technology Lab at Loop Central. Alejandra Gonzalez, our BridgingApps Digital Navigator, shares…
Expansion Pilot Report: Easterseals Iowa
Welcome to our summer 2026 series from the Easterseals affiliates in our Expansion Pilot project. The following comments are from Tracy Keninger, Director of Rural Solutions/Assistive Technology Center at Easterseals Iowa. (Information tidbit: Easterseals Iowa services include a federally funded…
Steps Toward Independence: Garrett Groogan’s Client Story
Garrett Groogan is a young-adult BridgingApps client with autism: he came to us through the Comcast Digital Literacy program (Year 3 cohort) and the Compudopt laptop grant. Garrett has earned multiple Certificates of Completion for Northstar Digital Literacy courses. Garrett’s…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | Lingvano – Learn Sign Language
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: This is an app for learning American Sign Language. You can enjoy a free trial prior to full app purchases. You can learn from short lessons on signs and…
Family Resources for Speech-Language-Hearing and Aphasia Awareness Month
May was Speech-Language-Hearing Month and June is National Aphasia Awareness Month. If you have a child with hearing disabilities, the following resources can help you find assistive technology, peer support, and valuable information. Texas Hands & Voices Texas Hands &…