Be inspired as you watch Mia use her iPad to communicate “Trick or Treat” on Halloween night! Mia uses the AAC app Proloquo2Go on her iPad. She also uses the CHAT Bag to keep her iPad with her so that…
The Bee Towers Tablet Stand is used to hold a variety of devices for a variety of uses. The stand has a telescoping arm, a 360°horizontal rotation, a sand filled counter weight base, and can tilt at a variety of angles…
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site: Spellyfish Phonics – Short A Words uses phonics to teach spelling of short a CVC words such as “bat”. It also targets phonemic awareness, word decoding, letter sounds and…
CyberTimez is an award winning startup that combines automating the Internet of Things with wearable technology – such as smart watches – to assist people with disabilities. The innovative products below make a difference in people’s lives by solving everyday…
Rachel was diagnosed with Fibrous Dysplasia (overgrowth of the bone on her skull) at the age of 5. She underwent years of treatment and surgery and ultimately was told that there was nothing else that could be done in Rwanda. She was connected…
A Team Effort: Rudy’s Unexpected Journey with Technology Written By: Cristen Reat I met Rudy and his wife Andrea in April 2015, when BridgingApps presented on using apps and mobile devices to the St. Luke’s Stroke Support Group. Like many…
BridgingApps needs your votes! We are participating in the Not for Profit Impact Video Challenge on the website Unite4:Good. The winner will receive a $10,000 dollar grant. Please take a moment to watch our video and give us a vote!…
The New Year is a great time to update your child’s mobile device with some engaging, fun, and highly-rated educational, pretend play and productivity apps. Nowadays, the sheer number of learning apps on the market is enough to overwhelm…
So, will he ever speak? | Braxton’s Success with AAC Written By: Vanessa Vaughan, Braxton’s Mother When Braxton was given the diagnosis of Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome (RTS), we learned from other families that many of the children are non-verbal and use sign language or…
Thanks to your votes BridgingApps is honored to participate again at SXSW Interactive 2016! Our Training and Therapy Coordinator, Betsy Furler will be presenting alongside Travis Bond, CEO of CareSync (the leading provider of software and services for chronic disease…
Check out the Udemy blog and read about the creation of our first Udemy course Getting Started with Mobile Devices for Special Needs . We are proud to have partnered with them and are thankful for their guidance every step of…
Check out Toca Boca’s 31 days of play! Each day they give you a playful new activity for the month of December, making it easy keep the giggles going all month long. Be sure to read “Day 18” to hear…
The EasyPhone App Written By: Patrick Talley “I feel like a bad son because I get frustrated with my mom constantly asking me how to use her smartphone,” my friend Bill said to me over barbecue one evening. I replied…
The Apple Watch: My Personal Experience, Written By: Betsy Furler, SLP and Caregiver of a Medically Fragile Child As a tech addict, when the Apple Watch came out, as hard as I tried to resist and wait for version two,…
Written By: Patrick Talley, creator of Swaha I was celebrating my mother’s 84th birthday with my two kids and some of my brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and of course with my mom. My brother’s daughter, one of my mother’s only…
Our friends Luis Perez and Christopher Hills have released an iBook about switch control. Switch Control is a powerful accessibility feature that is built into iOS and OS X to allow users who are unable to use a touchscreen handsfree…
GreyMatters Promo Video from Jennifer Rozbruch BridgingApps recently interviewed Jenny Rozbruch, Founder, CEO & Designer of GreyMatters. The app was inspired by Jenny’s late grandmother, Frieda, who suffered from advanced vascular dementia for over six years, and received care from her family….
What is a Twitter Chat? A Twitter Chat is when a group of people all tweet about a common topic. All of the tweets land in one place because everyone uses the same hashtag #. How often do they happen?…
In this month’s virtual training, we will share with you some of our favorite apps for Back to School and managing your classroom as a teacher or a therapist. We’ll also share a success story of speech language therapist and…
My name is Susan and I am a Speech-Language Pathologist at an outpatient rehabilitation clinic. We provide services for children birth to 21 years of age. Our clinic has an outpatient and in-house ABA ( Applied Behavior Analysis) program so…