Toy Month at Bridges – Adapting Toys, Accessing Play

All the month of December,  Bridges is celebrating the power of play for individuals with special needs. The destination for Toy Month is our Adapting Toys and Accessing Play page.  Look for links to relevant blog posts, resources and products for tips, tricks and strategies. READ MORE…

NEW: Kurzweil 3000 Chrome App and Extension

NEW: Kurzweil 3000 Chrome App and Extension Kurzweil has totally redesigned its web reading tools and released a Chrome app, too: Read the Web 3.0 extension for Chrome web browser and Kurzweil 3000 Chrome App.  Both are available as a free download for Kurzweil 3000+fireflyweb license subscribers. They deliver not only better functionality for any…

Bridges Assistive Tech Camp

Bridges Assistive Tech Camp What student (or parent, for that matter) doesn’t dream of visiting outer space? At this year’s Bridges Assistive Tech Summer Camp, facilitated in partnership with a local school board, students got to do just that. Using assistive technology provided in school to support their learning, campers were challenged with choosing a…

Symbolized Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe — Arabic too

Symbolized Roasted Pumpkin Seed Recipe — Arabic too For our free symbolized resource for the start of the school year we whipped up a roasted pumpkin seed recipe in Widgit Online. Read More

NEW: Extract highlights, Write and more in K3000+FIREFLY!

NEW: Extract highlights, Write and more in K3000+FIREFLY! The web version of FIREFLY  serves up new reading and writing features, including extraction of highlights and notes and writing documents with dictionary and word prediction supports. . Read More

Top 3 Trends from ISAAC 2016

Top 3 Trends from ISAAC 2016 It wouldn’t be an ISAAC Conference without getting up close to the latest tech and learning about the trends that are shaping AAC today. We’ve rounded up a list of the top trends, tools, and tech that caught our eye at ISAAC 2016. Read More

CoWriter.com and SnapandRead.com Go live

With the launch of SnapandRead.com and Cowriter.com, Don Johnston delivers new ways to access and manage your universal license for school districts, and easier and affordable options for individual users too. You can now sign up for a free trial for a Personal, Parent or Educator account for both Co:writer and Snap&Read. Single licenses are…

Bridges new website is LIVE!

Bridges has a brand new website that makes searching for, learning about, and purchasing Assistive Technology easier than ever. To celebrate we’re having a launch sale.  All-Turn-It Spinner, Don Johnston Switch Interface, Connection in the Workplace and other curricula, Jelly Bean Switch and more! We’ll be adding more items, so be sure to sign up for…

Quick and Easy Worksheet accessibility on Chromebook/GAFE

Chromebook users can be challenged by a printed worksheet – not all scanners and other peripherals work with the Google OS machines.  Even in a Windows environment, a lot of schools are going to cloud based apps for a lot of compelling reasons, not least of which is simplicity, low cost and anywhere access to…

“Look what he can do! Who knew?” BC High School conducts uPAR Pilot

It took no more than 10 minutes of using uPAR in a BC school to generate the first profound, goosebump-raising results. The team supervising the uPAR assessment called-up the screen of a grade 12 student (let’s call him Zack) working intently away. He was one of 22 students in the room ranging from grades 9-12…