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...

By: Lyle Bahe, PRC-Saltillo Blogger What does it mean to be included to you?   Lyle: It means I can talk to people and I can work. It means people care about me and what I have to say. I have good thoughts and opinions. When people talk about me to each other and don't keep me in the conversation, I get mad and ...

By Mike Hipple Stop me if you have read or heard this before from a co-worker or a family member: This child has too many challenging behaviors to use a communication device. They won’t understand the device at all. They will break it or kick it. End of discussion, right? Hell no! That student—or an a...

By Martin Emmanual (12 years old), PRC-Saltillo Blogger I go to amusement park.  I go on swing. .  I go fast.     I go on ride and I go up and down.  I go down fast.  I go on red ride and I go fast.  I feel happy.  

By Johana Schwartz, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In foreign language classrooms or study groups, I found allies among the natural communicators. They were interested in my modes of communication. Minspeak, my communication device's vocabulary system, sparked their interest. They approached my natural speech as an ac...