By Matt Huggins, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador     I do believe everybody should vote because our founding fathers fought for and died for the right to vote.  I have voted in every election that I could. Democracy should be important to everybody because no one person should control a country's government. ...

by Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  AAC Awareness Month: Vibe Up in AAC  October is AAC Awareness Month, a celebration to raise awareness of the many ways in which people use AAC to communicate. As I make my final preparations to participate in AAC Awareness festivities—namely PRC-Saltillo’s ...

By Chris Klein, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador It was 1992. I was 19 years old and a freshman at Hope College. This was the first time I was able to vote, and I was excited about it. This was my opportunity to get my voice heard and I wasn’t going to pass that up. I was living in Holland, Michigan, so I had to figure out ho...

By Lyle Bahe, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador (Thanks to AllieJane, SLP)    What do you do to sharpen your communication skills? Lyle: I like work hard communication device. SLP: Do you work hard by having a lot of conversations with people?Lyle: Yes SLP: Here at the DTA, who do you like to talk to?Lyle: I like to ta...

By Jack McGraw, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador   I am the sort of person who prefers being busy over having nothing to do. Although I love the relaxation that summer provides me with, I tend to become bored easily having little to no work to do in the summer. This summer, I was hoping to do my internship but no such l...

By Jack McGraw, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  My AAC device has opened a world full of independence and opportunities for me. Because of my cerebral palsy, I can hardly control my speech to talk understandably, and cannot control my hands and arms to write and use a computer the typical ways that abled-bodied people do. Fo...