By Carrie Elliot, M.A., CCC-SLP My name is Carrie Elliot. I am both an Assistive Technology Specialist and a Speech-Language Pathologist at Seattle Public Schools. I am a cisgender able-bodied white woman and my pronouns are she/her/hers. Power and Privilege Acknowledgement: I recognize my privilege and power as a cisge...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Two months ago, I found out that I needed surgery on my neck after an MRI.  I had to have the surgery because I had a bulging disc that was pressing on my spinal cord and slowly paralyzing me. On the 5th of August, the surgery was a success, but I got a neck brace collar that se...

by Koolla Tang & Debra Lee  It's great to interview you today about the impacts of AAC on social interaction. Can you tell us about yourself and your AAC journey? I’m Siobhan Daley, I'm 21. I live in Newcastle and I'm the AAC ambassador at Liberator. I've been using AAC my whole life from sign to PODD book...

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Since school is in full swing, this is a perfect opportunity for you to put a goal in your IEP for the use of your AAC! You might be thinking that is work and you are right.  First of all, have you even read your IEP! Here is a thing that I recommend: When you put the AAC goal in...

By Johnny Schnieder, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I thought of having an ice cream social because I like to see how people interact with people that use communication devices -- and everyone loves ice cream!!   My favorite flavor is s’mores.   Jennifer, my local AAC consultant from PRC-Saltillo, contacted t...

By: Johnny Scheider, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  I’m so glad that I have a speech device that will talk for me because I have a hard time talking. I learned that using the icons on my speech device is faster compared to typing everything out. You can program any word on your speech device. I learned from my local c...