BridgingApps

TexasYouth2Adult is an interactive tool designed to empower youth with special health care needs to transition successfully into adulthood.

Created with input from youth, families, health care providers, educators, and transition specialists, the tool helps families start planning early, ask the right questions, and find resources for many areas of adult life.

Learn more: https://www.texasyouth2adult.com/

BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Reviewed App on the site:

Seeing AI is a free Microsoft app that uses artificial intelligence to help blind and low vision users read text, identify products and currency, recognize people, describe scenes, and complete everyday tasks using their smartphone’s camera.

The app supports greater independence at home, school, work, and in the community.

Click on the link below for the full review:
https://bridgingapps.org/bridgingapps-reviewed-app-seeing-ai-2/

Honored to be included and presenting at Houston Methodist 2026 Neuroscience Nursing Symposium with both our program directors from our Children’s Therapy Clinic and BridgingApps. The Annual Neuroscience Nursing Symposium is for learners to explore the care of the neurological patient through the perspective of the Neuroscience Nurse.

🤖 How can we work better with AI?

Our latest BridgingApps blog shares practical tips for using AI effectively while keeping human creativity, judgment, and critical thinking at the center.

Read more: https://bridgingapps.org/the-human-factor-how-to-work-with-ai-for-great-results/

Last week, we announced that Easter Seals of Greater Houston’s BridgingApps Program (Texas) was selected as a recipient of an AI Glasses Impact Grant from Meta. BridgingApps' Ale Gonzalez attended the three-day celebration and community summit in New York City, where participants took part in technical workshops, explored transformative use cases, and collaborated on planning for the future.

We're excited to begin this project and look forward to exploring how AI glasses can expand accessibility and create new opportunities for the communities we serve.

Read more about the grant here: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/ai-glasses-helping-people-work-learn-live-independently/

📱 Expansion Pilot Report: Oak Hill

What are Easterseals affiliates learning through BridgingApps’ Expansion Pilot project?

In our latest report, Gannon, Accessibility Specialist at OAK HILL in Hartford, CT, shares how understanding each person’s perspective helps identify technology solutions that support independence and quality of life.

Read the full report: https://bridgingapps.org/expansion-pilot-report-oak-hill/

Join us in Arlington, Virginia at the 2026 M-Enabling Summit, the leading summit on digital accessibility and inclusive technology. This is an event you don't want to miss! Follow for more updates.

We are proud to celebrate Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity’s Early Learning Quality Network, which received a 2026 Achievement Award from the National Association of Counties in the Children and Youth category.

As an ELQN partner, BridgingApps, a program of Easter Seals of Greater Houston, has supported this community-driven work by implementing the Technology for Households initiative, equipping families with digital tools, technology training, and accessible app recommendations that support early learning and school readiness in Harris County's focal communities.

Since launching in October 2023, Children at Risk has impacted more than 13,000 children and engaged over 2,000 caregivers across Harris County. We are grateful to be part of an initiative earning national recognition for its investment in young children, families, and early learning environments.

Congratulations to Harris County and every partner who helped make this achievement possible!

Summer may be winding down, but the heat is still here in many parts of the U.S. ☀️ Stay active safely with practical tips for keeping bodies moving and minds healthy all season long.

Read more: https://bridgingapps.org/healthy-bodies-for-healthy-minds-how-to-keep-physically-active-in-summer-weather/