By David Chapple In 1996, I had been out of college for about two years. I met my future wife Kate at the Pittsburgh Employment Conference (PEC) for augmentative communicators. The conference was for individuals who use communication devices. I was from Ohio and she was from Texas. Our eyes met and we just knew, it was lo...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Our home is heated by a woodstove.  It keeps our home so warm and toasty except when dad opens the front door to bring in more wood.  After dad buttons his coat up to his chin, he holds his breath as he opens the door to the North Pole.  Brrrr!  That icy gust of a...

By Junior, PRC-Salltillo Blogger My name is Junior.   I am in seventh grade.  I go to Station Middle School.  My favorite color is blue.  I have one little sister and one little brother.  I am good at math.  I like to do IXL.  I like to ask people their birthdays.  Then I ask w...

by Himani Hitendra I am proud about my identity and there are different facets of my identity. I am a non-speaking autistic girl. I am happy to see myself represented in books and movies. In the month of June, my friends and I got to share about our experiences as an AAC user before the screening of the movie ‘Out o...

by Naiya Daves, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador My favorite time learning in school was doing a narrative on Juliette Gordon Low. I chose this girl because I love being a Girl Scout. I got to use my eye gaze and laptop for this narrative with the help of my teacher, Ms. Emily. My favorite school subjects are reading and writing so...

by Kerri Adamic, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  How many of you think about a lot of good ideas, but you can't be able to express them fully? Have you ever wondered how to get your nagging feelings out of your system?  I do. Ever since I've learned how to read, write, and spell, and even before I got my first comm...