See Your Loved One’s Strengths
How to help family members see your loved one’s strengths The holidays are approaching, and for many families, this will be the first time in over two years they’ve been...
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The Polar Express
As kids, we all enjoyed riding on a train at a carnival, a county fair, or on the Big Thunder Mountain railroad at Disney Park. Some may have experienced riding...
Tech Toys & Apps for All
The holidays are here again! We, at BridgingApps, keep an eye out all year for new and exciting technology and apps for all ages and abilities. The holidays are a...
Tip to Grow Your Loved Ones’ Independence
[Click to Listen to Podcast] Eric Goll asked over 9,500 families, “What their #1 Strategy was for helping their loved one with a developmental disability gain more independence?” He received...
Parenting Plans Before the School Bell Rings
As with any time for reflection, back-to-school is a great time to review your goals for the upcoming months, including your parenting plan. Before the first bell rings, you should...
Keys to Autism: Self
One of the Keys to Autism / Disability is knowing and understanding the “Self.” Once a disabled individual has a grasp and clarity about their own strengths and weakness and...
Stuck in IEPLand
Feeling stuck is one of the most miserable feelings in the world. Stuck in a bad school, stuck in a toxic relationship or friendship, stuck at work, or stuck dealing...
College: A Choice for Everyone
We do many things related to postsecondary education for students with intellectual disability (ID) – we conduct research into best practices, provide technical assistance for program development and improvement, create...
Let’s Talk Inclusion
What Is Inclusion? [ in-kloo-zhuhn ] Inclusion is the practice of educating all students together – students with disabilities and students without disabilities – side-by-side in the general education setting...
Life after School Ends
Life after School Ends tips to promote future employment How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December before it’s June. My goodness, how the...
