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 Danny Gonzalez, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Being a disabled person, I have watched a T.V. show named Speechless.  This TV show is about a boy that is in a wheelchair and cannot talk. He uses a low-tech communication tool. It is a letter board, and he uses his head to point to letters in order to spell out the words. As f...

by Herbert Fulton, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  March 1st marks the National Day of Unplugging, a day to step away from screens and technology for a while. For most people, that might mean putting down their phone or turning off their laptop. But for those of us who rely on AAC devices to communicate, unplugging isn&rsquo...

by Anthony Arnold, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  I’m Anthony Arnold, an augmentative and alternative communicator from San Tan Valley, Arizona. When I went through school in the 1980s-90s, there were few resources to teach someone like me how to read and spell effectively. Therefore, my parents and teachers chose to ...

By Jacob MacAnish, PRC blogger Do you like Christmas? I do because of family, gifts, TV, and snow. Family is hard to explain at Christmas. I’m going to be at Dad’s on Christmas Eve. I’m going to be at my Mom’s on Christmas Day. Last Christmas I got a Wii U. I’m going to get gifts for my family on a shoppi...

By Ayleen Armendariz, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In 2016, I had surgery on my brain, in hopes it would help me walk and talk. The surgery was called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). The doctors predicted that I would either improve motor response by more than 20%, or not at all.  After my surgery, the doctors switched on my DB...