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 Himani Hitendra I am proud about my identity and there are different facets of my identity. I am a non-speaking autistic girl. I am happy to see myself represented in books and movies. In the month of June, my friends and I got to share about our experiences as an AAC user before the screening of the movie ‘Out o...

by Naiya Daves, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador My favorite time learning in school was doing a narrative on Juliette Gordon Low. I chose this girl because I love being a Girl Scout. I got to use my eye gaze and laptop for this narrative with the help of my teacher, Ms. Emily. My favorite school subjects are reading and writing so...