By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Have you noticed how many disability advocates are there with actual disabilities??? News flash for you guys— there are not many. There is not many even less people that use speech generated devices. There are three different types of disability advocacy. There is self-advocacy...

By Wayne Roupp, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador    I would like to write a Blog about living at my home. I get to go on only one trip a month. There are 82 residents living at the home. This month (May) we had a dinner dance outside. It is usually a Disney theme. I thought they wouldn't have the Dinner Dance because it h...

By Helen Canfield, MA, SLP, Augmentative Communication Specialist We teach parents and caregivers the best way to help their child to learn to use a communication device to talk is to respond, respond, respond. That means no matter which button gets pushed and words spoken the parents are to respond as though it was pu...

By: Jennifer Edge-Savage, MS, EdS, OTR/L Did you know that Alexa understands AAC?Yes, she does! Alexa responds to voice…any voice. (As do other Voice Assistants such asGoogle and Siri.) No special cords. No pairing with bluetooth. Nothing extra to do. Just set upyour Alexa as usual and SPEAK. It is likely that you...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC Blogger Hello, this is Kyle Dinwiddie. In a couple of months, I’m going to be eighteen. And this made me think of last year’s birthday, which was amazing. I was chosen by the Sons of Baseball to be their VIP for a Cardinals’ game. I happen to love the Cardinals’. In fact...

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Using your device in your community Since COVID-19’s requirements are lifted for most of the states, now is a good time to brush up on your AAC skills in your community. You might be rusty on your community skills since March 2019 because I know I am. Like I said before preprogr...