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-Saltillo Blogge It has been over four months since I had spinal surgery removing a disc that was pressing on my spinal cord.  Thankfully the surgery gave me my old life back again.  But the doctor wanted me to come back and have another MRI to check the healing.  Those four months slip...

By Chloe Wayt  PRC-Saltillo Blogger I woke up at about 5:00. It was the day of my flight to Minneapolis! I sped my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth and washed my face. Then Dad came in to get me dressed. I did my devotions before I drove out to the van to head to our local airport.  Once we were at the airp...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Coming out of my room, I moved a toy out of my normal walking path, when the sound of crying caused me to pause and reflect on all of the changes that have happened recently in our life. We are fostering two kids who are family members. Their ages are three and one.  Thankfully...

By Ayleen Armendariz, PRC-Saltillo Blogger When I was born, I was dead for 15 minutes because I swallowed too much fluid. A nurse practiced CPR and I started to breath again. They took me to the hospital in Maricopa, Arizona in a helicopter. I had three heart attacks and the left side of my brain was not responding. My kid...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Two months ago, I found out that I needed surgery on my neck after an MRI.  I had to have the surgery because I had a bulging disc that was pressing on my spinal cord and slowly paralyzing me. On the 5th of August, the surgery was a success, but I got a neck brace collar that se...