BridgingApps

April is Autism Acceptance Month—also called Autism Awareness Month, or simply National (or World) Autism Month. Don’t feel bad if you get confused about the “right” name: even in most advocacy groups, “acceptance” displaced “awareness” only a few years...

BridgingApps’ programs for senior adults include “Well Connected” presentations for our local Front Porch affiliate. Usually there is one Well Connected event each quarter, in either English or Spanish, with a dozen or so attendees.
The most recent (in Spanish) was “Accesibilidad con BridgingApps: Encontrando la Configuración y/o Funciones Adecuadas para Usted” (“Accessibility with BridgingApps: Finding the Right Settings and/or Features for You”) by Alejandra “Ale” Gonzalez, one...

Most kids start asking, “When?” and “How much longer?” as soon as they can speak in sentences. But, as many a frustrated parent knows, preschoolers have difficulty grasping the difference between “in fifteen minutes” and “next week.”
The same is true for many people with developmental disabilities or autism—plus, people with other types of disabilities have their own challenges. Not everyone can read a clock from ten feet away, or work in the presence of a buzzing or blinking timer...

In the United States, 87 percent of senior adults prefer “aging in place” to living elsewhere; and thousands of disabled young adults opt for independent living. In either case, families worry about whether their loved ones can manage.
If you’re in that situation, here are two high-tech options that can help....