Communicators In Action




AAC In The General Ed Classroom


  Posted on May 25, 2022 - 1:18pm

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger First of all, I wanted to do this topic for a while. I wanted to wait until school ends. I have been fighting with the school systems in the state of  Colorado because the school systems will not put kids with high tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices in a gener...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, education, prc, saltillo, implementation...


Thesis Season With AAC


  Posted on May 17, 2022 - 11:00am

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I will be graduating from Fairfield University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program this summer, and I am now in the home stretch of my thesis semester. I think this semester best exemplifies how to take advantage of many of the unique features of my Accent 1000 AA...


    Communicators In Action   -    language, communication, Accent, PRC, Saltill...


Employment Of AAC Users


  Posted on May 16, 2022 - 10:18am

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger When I think of the many challenges and frustrations I have to deal with, employment is probably at the top of my list. It is the source of so many other problems. Having a good well-paying job is connected to positive outcomes in so many areas of our lives: more access to better hea...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, language, communiction, employment, disa...


Doritos


  Posted on May 9, 2022 - 11:11am

By Keagen Sweeney, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Keagen wrote this poem about her favorite snack.  It was sent to Frito-Lay.  They loved it so much, they gifted her with a years supply of Doritos!    Doritos We are friends You greet me You meet me Right where I'm at Salty, spicy, skinny or fat I'm a girl ...


    Communicators In Action   -    poetry, aac, lamp, words for life, ipad, comm...


Disability Advocacy With AAC


  Posted on May 2, 2022 - 10:52am

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...


    Communicators In Action   -    disability, communication, language, advocacy...


Return To Work


  Posted on Apr 27, 2022 - 1:11pm

By Kim Vuong, PRC-Saltillo Blogger For some people, getting back to normal after two years of pandemic isolation means returning to work in the office again, going out to dinner, going to concerts or attending sports events. I like all those things too, but for me, what really matters is that I get to go to an AAC conferen...


    Communicators In Action   -    employment, covid, aac, virtual, work,