By David Chapple In 1996, I had been out of college for about two years. I met my future wife Kate at the Pittsburgh Employment Conference (PEC) for augmentative communicators. The conference was for individuals who use communication devices. I was from Ohio and she was from Texas. Our eyes met and we just knew, it was lo...

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 Junior, PRC-Salltillo Blogger My name is Junior.   I am in seventh grade.  I go to Station Middle School.  My favorite color is blue.  I have one little sister and one little brother.  I am good at math.  I like to do IXL.  I like to ask people their birthdays.  Then I ask w...

By Jessica Steiner, M.Ed, M.S., CF-SLP Hi fellow AAC lovers! My name is Jessica Steiner and I am so excited to start blogging for AAC Language Lab. A little bit about me, I am a CF working in a public separate day school for children with severe and profound disabilities, Pre-K through High School. I absolutely love my...

By Kirk Behnke, M.Ed, ATP It is with great sadness to convey that Joy Zabala passed away on July 1. If you attend to any social media around assistive or accessible technology, I’m sure you have seen the countless tributes to Joy as a person and a fierce friend and colleague to so many. I was fortunate to have worked...

by Kerri Adamic, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  How many of you think about a lot of good ideas, but you can't be able to express them fully? Have you ever wondered how to get your nagging feelings out of your system?  I do. Ever since I've learned how to read, write, and spell, and even before I got my first comm...