By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger When I was six years old, my speech therapist recommended me to have an evaluation with Mid Missouri Assistive Technology in Mount Vernon, Missouri. I tried multiple types of communication tools during this evaluation. As she watched me, the therapist told my parents that my sp...
By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo blogger This past week I went to a dance. It was called a New Year’s Cosmic Glow Party. I hadn’t danced for a long time, and this sounded like a lot of fun. So we packed up my walker and drove to a strange, dark, and somewhat foreboding building. Com...
By Cortney Maholtz, M.A., CCC-SLP By now you probably know that we communicate in a lot of different ways…with verbal speech, with our facial expressions, with gestures, or with an AAC device. Today, I want to talk about gestures. But not the normal gestures you are probably thinking of right now, like waving or poi...
By Brandon Bubba Patrick Williamson, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Hi, my name is Brandon Williamson. I use an integrated Accent 1000. When the world shut down from COVID-19, I had to start doing my therapies online. I use Zoom for all of my virtual sessions. Instead of using a ...
By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Have you ever tried to order stuff or make appointments on the phone while using your devices? Here are my tips I have that could help. First, do some research on what questions the organization will ask you. Next, make a PREPROGRAMMED page and make sure you start with the statem...
By Kim Vuong, PRC-Saltillo Blogger One of the most important things that you can advocate for yourself is voting. Voting is a right and a privilege. If you are of voting age, you should take the opportunity to do it. You may think that your one vote isn’t important, but it matters a great deal. Our democratic s...