Nicole Wingate, MA CCC-SLP, MSD Bluffton Harrision It was just a few years ago when I found myself feeling hopeless as an SLP. There were students on my caseload with virtually no functional means to communicate. With ever changing technology and the development of AAC apps, I became overwhelmed! Where do I start and what ...

by Stephanie Fossov, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  Building A Value-Based Life For Individuals with AAC Needs AAC and ACT When we think about supporting AAC communicators, we often focus on the words on the screen, the symbols, the access methods, and the daily communication routines. But there is something deeper that ...

by Stephanie Fassov, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  Building a Life That Feels Right for You Your Voice Matters When people discuss AAC, they sometimes only consider the vocabulary, buttons, symbols, or the device. But AAC is really about you. You have ideas. You have feelings. You have things you care abou...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Staying in a hospital can be a little boring. While staying at St. Louis Children’s hospital this week, my parents and I sometimes go exploring.  Once this week there was an art class in the garden and we had to check it out.  There was a table covered with hundreds o...

By Brandon Williamson, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I like to bring AAC into my church congregation. I use my AAC device to read scripture on Fridays during Mass. I started doing this a couple of years ago after asking my mom about it. It is a fun way to use your device with a lot of people in your own community.  When I...

By Charlie Fleisch, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I love to play blackjack at the casinos. Until about 3 years ago, I let my sister or my aide do all of the talking and gesturing to the dealers, when an idea came to me that I can make a blackjack page on my Accent 1400 (see attached) with all of the key words used for blackjack. In...