By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Growing up in a family that didn’t believe in letting my Cerebral Palsy stand in the way of my enjoyment and pursuit of life’s extraordinary experiences, I have participated in many unique endeavors. I am a para athlete, using my walker to run road races, triathlons, and ...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger April is National Poetry Month. As a writer who earned my Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction and poetry writing, I traditionally find myself giving public readings of my original poems during this season. As opposed to a prose narrative, poetry calls for specific rhyth...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In my last article, I discussed chairing and presenting on conference panels using my AAC device. There is an additional aspect of the conference session to navigate after the presentation itself—the question-and-answer portion. I have devised a process that enables me to effic...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In mid-February, the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the world’s largest conference on writing, rhetoric, and composition, will take place. This international convention is typically attended by around four thousand graduate students and professors. I have ...

‘Tis the season, and it strikes me how many diverse ways that my AAC device has enabled me to partake in classic and unique holiday festivities. Of course, my Accent 1000 helps me to converse with others at gatherings. I love the fact that the device comes with preprogrammed holiday greetings such as “Happy Hol...

In July, I celebrated my graduation from Fairfield University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program. Along with taking those last few workshops and seminars alongside others in the program at our nine-day residency, my fellow graduating students and I each delivered presentations and readings from our thes...