By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I’m sure that I have addressed this topic to a limited extent in a previous blog post, but I think it deserves more attention. I have to preface this post by saying that I understand that most people supporting an AAC user have the best of intentions. I understand that most of ...

Presented by Kim Vuong to the City Council in Orange County, CA Good Evening Honorable Mayor and Council Members:My name is Kim Vuong and I live in the 2nd district.  I also am a member of the Citizens’ Advisory Commission on Disabilities for the city. A couple of months ago, I saw a post on the new beach playgr...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In a few days, I will be starting my nine-day residency as part of Fairfield University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program. This semi-annual retreat has been moved online due to the pandemic. Students attend workshops, seminars, and student-faculty meetings among...

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Using your device in your community Since COVID-19’s requirements are lifted for most of the states, now is a good time to brush up on your AAC skills in your community. You might be rusty on your community skills since March 2019 because I know I am. Like I said before preprogr...

By Brandon Williamson, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I had my old Vantage for 8 years. It was broken and I had outgrown the device. It had a cracked screen and was being held together by duct tape. When we submitted approval for a new device in 2010, my funding source kept denying the funding for a new device. I set up a meeting an...

By Hank Poore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Last year I had to come home from school in March due to COVID. I got furloughed from my job at Urban Cookhouse because of it and I had literally nothing to do which sucked because I like to be on the go. However my older sister and one of my brothers had to move back home because their ...