By Hank Poore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger About a year ago I was in Atlanta at the Georgia half marathon with my mom. I met up with my long time friend Shanna, who has a facility dog for the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. I started playing with Derek ( her dog and yes , his name is Derek Shepherd), and I realized how much I would l...

by Matt Huggins, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  Well I haven't really been in love before per say. I am seeing someone for just over a year. she is able-bodied. her name is sophia. We live in different states but we talk almost everyday. We use snap chat to talk. She is in college for photography. She is really nice and car...

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger We all know that your AAC voice needs to talk with other technology pun intended. The Amazon’s Alexa made that goal happen years ago. Now you can bark out orders with your device. What I found that the Amazon devices are very picky about how you say her name. She will not listen ...

By Anthony Arnold, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  I’m Anthony Arnold, an augmentative and alternative communicator from San Tan Valley, Arizona (originally from Grand Forks, North Dakota). As Valentine’s Day approaches, I’m reminded of one special gift filled with love and communication. As I wrote in a re...

By Indrani Solomon, PRC-Saltillo Blogger and Mom The United Nations honors March 21st every year (3/21) as World Down Syndrome Day. This year’s theme is CONNECT. We CONNECT so that we can: Share ideas, experiences and knowledge Empower each other to advocate for equal rights for people with Down Syndrome and Rea...

by Danny Gonsalves, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  My first communication device was the Touch Talker. At The age of five years old from PRC: with 124 overlay. I picked it up right away, I would not be where I am today without my device. This all happened because of a very dedicated and forward-thinking speech/language pat...