By Joan Sharp, B.Ed Over 17 years as a PRC Consultant, I have seen children grow year after year not just in size and age but in their communication abilities, and their ability to connect socially through their AAC device. I would like to shine the light on Stephanie Faso! She is a young 26-year-old woman who has grown ev...
By: Lyle Bahe, PRC-Saltillo Blogger What does it mean to be included to you? Lyle: It means I can talk to people and I can work. It means people care about me and what I have to say. I have good thoughts and opinions. When people talk about me to each other and don't keep me in the conversation, I get mad and ...
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 Martin Emmanual (12 years old), PRC-Saltillo Blogger I go to amusement park. I go on swing. . I go fast. I go on ride and I go up and down. I go down fast. I go on red ride and I go fast. I feel happy.
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By Johana Schwartz, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In foreign language classrooms or study groups, I found allies among the natural communicators. They were interested in my modes of communication. Minspeak, my communication device's vocabulary system, sparked their interest. They approached my natural speech as an ac...