By Brad Whitmoyer, PRC Blogger This past week I was presented with an interesting situation that I think might be a good teaching moment. Unfortunately this definitely was not a unique situation as I have encountered this pretty regularly through out my life. However, this time it was with someone who should know better ...

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at a few conferences over the last couple of years. I have a presentation in which I talk about the difficulties AAC users have in forming relationships, and I have taken parts of it to use as inspiration for this post. For me personally, the b...

By Lily Huston, PRC-Saltillo Blogger, AAC user and graduate student for an M.A. in Assistive Technology By all accounts, I acquired spoken language on schedule. Early, even. I certainly was reading early, devouring books until everyone accepted that little Lily always had her nose in a book--in the car, snatching a few wor...

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 Ayleen Armendariz - PRC-Saltillo Blogger When I lost my mom at the age of 10 years old, I was sad and mad because she didn’t listen to me. I told her not go to back to the house knowing that my dad was there. However, when she went back to the house, I knew I wasn’t going to see her again. In the movie, Ridi...

_By Chester R. Cheesman, PRC Blogger _ My name is Chester R. Cheesman. I wanted to give you a little background about the ways I communicate. Up until age 7 I lived at home with my family. When I was 5 I started at the Bordentown Public Schools. Communication was difficult. I was unable to speak. The doctors wa...