Social Express – Brighten Learning

Getting Your Kids with Autism into Community Sports

December 14, 2011
Autism, Autism Help for Parents

Community sports and kids with autism can feel like a scary situation for most parents who are raising a child or children on the spectrum. How could our boys possibly follow the directions, stay with the group or not have a meltdown which could distract the other team members from their fun time? These were…

Welcome to Their World Blog Posts

December 13, 2011
Autism, Autism Help for Parents

iPad Apps, GFCF diets & Shark Teeth

December 13, 2011
Social Media Mentions

Thank you to Ariane Zucher who authors an amazing blog Emmas blog for this post. I was sent a trial to a new ipad app for children on the spectrum called The Social Express. If you click on the link it will take you to Social Express Lite which you can try out on your…

Finding Out Our Twin Kids Had Autism

December 11, 2011
Autism, Autism Help for Parents

Right before the twins turned three, I remember driving to the office to meet the psychologist and thinking to myself, how I am going to react if I hear “the next step for your kids with autism is”…. I didn’t even really know what autism was as I had never met anyone who had this…

2011 Readers’ Choice Awards Nominations

December 6, 2011
News Mentions, Social Media Mentions

The Social Express was just nominated for the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards for “best kids apps”, Thank you Mandy!

48 Countries in less then 30 days!

December 2, 2011
Stay Up-to-Date

We are proud to announce that The Social Express has been downloaded in 48 countries in less then 30 days! We are so excited to begin hearing success stories around the globe!

ASHA Convention 2011!

December 2, 2011
Social Media Mentions

An Unknown blogger gave us a nice review with other apps which were seen at the ASHA convention.

A Great Mom Gave Us A Shout Out On Facebook

December 2, 2011
Social Media Mentions

My Favorite Apps For Speech Therapy and Social Learning

November 30, 2011
Social Media Mentions

Thank you to Angela Desideri for mentioning The Social Express social learning application in her blogg today. Angela Desideri, MS, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist and co-developer of SpeechTree, a research-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for the iPad. She is an approved American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) CEU provider and has presented on the…

Study Finds Teens With Autism Face Major Obstacles To Social Life Outside of School

November 27, 2011
Autism