By Jack McGraw, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador   I am the sort of person who prefers being busy over having nothing to do. Although I love the relaxation that summer provides me with, I tend to become bored easily having little to no work to do in the summer. This summer, I was hoping to do my internship but no such l...

By Kyle Dinwiddie This is Kyle Dinwiddie. Today, I want to talk about my disability. I have CP, which is short for Cerebral Palsy. That is when my brain fights with my body. My brain says, “Pick that up,” and my body uses every muscle it has to do it. Or if my brain says, “sit very still,” my body begins to ...

By Hank Poore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger There are a lot of people who I love. But there is nobody like my favorite grandma Jamie ( momma if you read this you are better than Jamie) anyway Jamie was my IEP teacher, she’s also a family friend. She stands up for what’s right for me, she also believes in me. She doesn&...

By Lyle Bahe, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador (Thanks to AllieJane, SLP)    What do you do to sharpen your communication skills? Lyle: I like work hard communication device. SLP: Do you work hard by having a lot of conversations with people?Lyle: Yes SLP: Here at the DTA, who do you like to talk to?Lyle: I like to ta...

By Chris Klein, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador It was 1992. I was 19 years old and a freshman at Hope College. This was the first time I was able to vote, and I was excited about it. This was my opportunity to get my voice heard and I wasn’t going to pass that up. I was living in Holland, Michigan, so I had to figure out ho...

By Brad Whitmoyer Being borne with a physical disability (severe by definition which has always perplexed me as I don’t see my disability being very severe), I have always needed assistance with quite a lot of tasks. From the time I was borne until I was about nineteen, I lived with my parents and three brothers....