By Daniel Pop, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Hi everyone, My name is Daniel Kyle Pop.  I am 20 years old.  I have cerebral palsy.  My powerchair gets me around.  My iPad Pro with the Touchchat app with Word Power gave me a voice!  I use a head pointer to access it.  I'm also using the Accent 1000 with...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Everyone likes superheroes, but what is a superhero? There are more than 8,000 characters in Marvel comics and Marvel Studios, not even counting DC.  And what makes a hero?  For David Banner, it was caused by gamma rays.  For Tony Stark, it was due to an injury to his ...

By Maggie Judson,  M.S., CCC-SLP The other day I found myself in a school cafeteria during lunch, sitting with a group of students.  One student walked up to the table, dropped his food tray down and announced to his friends, “Who wants to see me chug this juice?”  Kids shouted their responses of...

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 Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger My dad wanted to eat in Saint Louis on The Hill.  So, we decided to eat at Mamas on the Hill.  Except when we got there, we learned there was going to be a 40-minute wait.  Maybe we should go somewhere else, but my dad wanted to wait.  I guess it wasn't too bad.&n...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger One year ago, my whole family was chosen by The Dream Factory to make a dream come true.  The Dream Factory is an amazing organization that makes the dreams of children with illnesses or disabilities come true.  One day a wonderful woman named Maureen came over to our house...