By: Johnny Schnieder, PRC-Saltillo Blogger One day Jennifer asked me to work at a conference with her and I said I would help. I met a college professor from a college called Athens University and he was nice and asked me questions about my device. I helped with passing out AAC bags to the people who walked out of the conf...
By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In late May, I presented at Computers and Writing Conference, a national conference that showcases innovations in using technology and digital tools for composition. Though it is typically attended by graduate students and faculty, I started receiving acceptances to present in my fir...
By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogge It has been over four months since I had spinal surgery removing a disc that was pressing on my spinal cord. Thankfully the surgery gave me my old life back again. But the doctor wanted me to come back and have another MRI to check the healing. Those four months slip...
By Kim Vuong, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I have been working on getting the police department in my city of Long Beach to have a community forum to discuss the training and protocols dealing with people with disabilities. Ever since I watched a video on how the Florida sheriff has trained with autistic people, I wanted to ...
By Jess, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Hey I’m Jess. I am 24 years old and I have an Accent 1000.My loved ones know me well enough to understand my other ways of communicating like facial expressions or eye movements but, for everyone else my communication device is paramount for me to have a voice. I use my device to commun...
By Kristy LIpe - PRC-Saltillo Ambassador Hey everyone! I'm Kristy Lipe, I'm twenty-nine years old and I have cerebral palsy . And, that is due to the lack of oxygen I had when I was born . Thankfully though I think and understand everything like a normal twenty-nine year old does! I'm a ...