Martin Pistorious, Author Ghost Boy My name is Martin Pistorius and I have been using AAC to communicate for about 12 years. I have had quite an interesting and somewhat unusual journey through life and learning how to communicate - so much so that I wrote a book about it, Ghost Boy. Ghost Boy I chose to title my book G...

by Kristy Lipe, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador Hello everybody! My name is Kristy Lipe and I'm originally from Memphis , Tennessee but I'm down here in Long Beach , Mississippi now. I'm 34 and I have cerebral palsy but that doesn't even stop me from doing much! I did Taekwondo for eight years and I'm a 3rd degree black belt and t...

By Lateef McCleod Lateef This summer I had a great opportunity to be a Storytelling Fellowship with Making Contact, which is a National Radio Program that plays on NPR and Pacifica Radio. During my fellowship with Making Contact I was tasked with producing a radio segment on the Augmentative Alternative Communication or A...

By Sarah Williams, classroom teacher Some of the realities of teaching in a K-1 (in reality Pre-4th grade), self-contained classroom for students with intellectual disabilities are as follows: Communication is extremely important: receptive and expressive communication from students, communication with parents, commun...

by Lyle Bahe, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  Blog post prompt: Seasonal self-care: What are your strategies for handling stressduring the holidays? How do you communicate those feelings and interact with familyand friends? SLP: “What is your favorite holiday?”Lyle: “Christmas”SLP: “Why?”...

by Lyle Bahe, a PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  This is an interview with Lyle and his SLP to discuss the April theme of joking or telling funny stories. Enjoy! SLP: What are ways do you make people laugh?Lyle: sarcasm and teasing SLP: When you are talking to people, do you think you are very serious?Lyle: no SLP: What do...