By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I don’t know about you guys, but after sixteen years of experience with AAC, I noticed that I grew greatly with my device. When I got my first device, I despised it! I never used my device other than in my speech therapist’s office. My therapist threw me into a group of two...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger A 2020 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Fairfield University, I am now in Fairfield’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program. I am a PRC-Saltillo Ambassador, an intern for a book press, Woodhall Press, and associate editor of Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose. With p...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I have been an AAC user for almost 20 years due to my Cerebral Palsy. As my disability only affects me physically, I have been mainstreamed since preschool. I am a 2020 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Fairfield University with a degree in English/Creative Writing, and I am currently an M...

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Hello my friends, Do you know that you can open your favorite apps with one click on your device. Step one pick a page and a button that you like to edit. Step two hit edit and click an action. Step three when you click add action you should see a drop down menu and click open app....

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I’m assuming that many people who read this blog are familiar with the LAMP method. In case you are not familiar with it, it is a therapeutic approach for teaching language. LAMP Words for Life is a language system designed to follow this approach. The LAMP method has 5 compone...

By Brandon Williamson, PRC-Saltillo Blogger When I was younger, people did not understand me. I got my first AAC device at 5 years old.  This helped me finally communicate with other people.  When using AAC, choosing the right communication device is important.  My first device that I had was not a good fit...