By Kim Vuong, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I have been working on getting the police department in my city of Long Beach to have a community forum to discuss the training and protocols dealing with people with disabilities.  Ever since I watched a video on how the Florida sheriff has trained with autistic people, I wanted to ...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC Blogger How would you act if you were to meet someone whom you admire? Some people may cry, some may scream, some may stand in awe, while others may just play it cool. I don’t think anyone know how they would act until they are in the situation. A few years ago one of my favorite authors w...

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I have no idea if this topic will be of any interest to anyone, but I’ve been asked about it before. Some people have asked me what goes on in my head when I communicate. I think I’ll try to explain it as well as I can. First, I want to preface my post with a few things ...

by Margaret Moore,  PRC-Saltillo Blogger In past articles, I discuss using PRC-Saltillo’s Accent 1000 as my Windows 10 tablet as well as my speech device and alternating between the joystick of my motorized wheelchair and PRC-Saltillo’s Look eyegaze module to operate it. To illustrate this process in great...

By Kim Vuong, PRC Ambassador You wouldn’t think that Benjamin Franklin, the 18th Century Founding Father and inventor, and rock star Phil Collins would have much in common. But both had the same idea about the importance of having a role model to help a person in active learning. As Franklin put it, “Tell me and I for...

By Hank Poore, PRC Blogger My first semester of high school was Awesome! I became a manager for the football team which meant that I had to stay after school 3 days a week and I had to go to all of the football games and I had to take salt to the football players. I also had to take a clipboard around with me and documen...