By Lee Papierowicz, PRC Blogger In April 2017 I got my new device and my father missed the drop off from Fed Ex so I had to wait until the next day for it! (If it was UPS they would have signed off on it because my dad knows everyone and told them it was ok). I tried all different kinds of devices and landed with the A...

by Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  It’s Autism Acceptance month, and I almost forgot about it. I also realized that 2026 is an anniversary of sorts for me. Ten years ago, I received my first PRC-Saltillo device: an Accent 1000 with LAMP Words for Life. I thought it would be nice to reflect on my AAC jou...

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 Hank Poore, PRC Blogger Last Tuesday, I got to go a state conference at Gardendale First Baptist. My mom and Mrs. Hauser went with me and I talked to high school students and their teachers. I talked 3 times through out the day. I loved telling people about what all I do. My title of my presentation was called Drea...

By Kim Vuong, PRC-Saltillo Blogger One of the hard things about the pandemic is that it has disrupted many of the traditions that we’ve developed in our lives. We all have events that we look forward to going to each year, and return from with some happy memories that we can think back upon. For my boyfriend and me,...

By Mike Hipple, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  April is here, time for me to write my yearly autism awareness blog. Yes, I am still using the word awareness vs acceptance, because the group of people who have autism spectrum disorder that I support still need awareness in the public. If you are reading this blog, I guess ...