By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In late May, I presented at Computers and Writing Conference, a national conference that showcases innovations in using technology and digital tools for composition. Though it is typically attended by graduate students and faculty, I started receiving acceptances to present in my fir...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I will be graduating from Fairfield University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program this summer, and I am now in the home stretch of my thesis semester. I think this semester best exemplifies how to take advantage of many of the unique features of my Accent 1000 AA...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger On Monday, April 11th, I was presented with this year’s Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Service Award, an award that recognizes a graduate student who has demonstrated exceptional dedication to and enhancement of a specific program, project, o...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger A few weeks ago, I delivered a presentation on disability accessibility and accommodation at the virtual Conference on College Composition and Communication, the world’s largest conference on writing, rhetoric, and composition. This was my fourth time presenting at this confere...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger As a now-twenty-five-year-old with no cognitive impairments, I communicate with all of my medical providers myself and even monitor the exchanges between my insurance company and my assistive technology suppliers independently. There are specific steps that I take to ensure that I ca...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Most people understand that AAC enables users to participate in social activities and gatherings. So many individuals, though, don’t realize that this technology makes it possible for users to be involved in leading these events. Growing up, I held various leadership positions ...