By Karim Tawfik, PRC blogger I have a lot of goals for 2017. My first goal is to not be on a wheelchair cuz when we go to the mall or any place I want to be able to move by myself. I know that it will not come easy and I have to work hard. I want to learn how to type with my left hand and use my left hand more often. I...

_By Brad Whitmoyer, PRC Blogger The people at ABC and/or the people from the television show Speechless asked a number of people around the country to host “watch parties” during the Oscar-themed episode this past Wednesday and then write a blog post about the episode. If you have never seen the show, in a nutshell i...

By Jane Odom, M.Ed, Director or Implementation Resources Think about how often a young mother will talk to her infant even though the infant cannot repeat what she says. In this same way, it is important for us to use some techniques to show a child what we expect. First and foremost, it is important that the person tea...

By Jane Odom, M.Ed, Director of Implementation Resources Shout Out It is important to give our AAC device users enough time to practice their vocabulary in a meaningful way. One way to teach core vocabulary with repetition in a group is to do a ‘Shout Out’ activity. In this activity, you will need to create a poste...

By Jacob MacAnish, PRC blogger Do you like Christmas? I do because of family, gifts, TV, and snow. Family is hard to explain at Christmas. I’m going to be at Dad’s on Christmas Eve. I’m going to be at my Mom’s on Christmas Day. Last Christmas I got a Wii U. I’m going to get gifts for my family on a shoppi...

By Karim Tawfik, PRC Blogger Hi my name is Karim and I’m 16 years old. I want to work at Apple. I know that I’m young but there is a 9 and 13 year old that did it. I want to work for them because I like the system and Steve Jobs inspired me because he was working in his basement and he invented Apple. When ...