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Defining A Self Image


  Posted on Jul 16, 2014 - 10:53am

_By Kevin Williams Kevin and his friend Jane Hello, this is Kevin again, a PRC ambassador from North Carolina. In my last blog post, “Motivate to Self-Advocate”. I discussed how communication partners can get involved with encouraging an augmentative communicator to use and be more self-sufficient with their device. I...




Ghost Boy


  Posted on Jul 23, 2014 - 1:19pm

Martin Pistorious, Author Ghost Boy My name is Martin Pistorius and I have been using AAC to communicate for about 12 years. I have had quite an interesting and somewhat unusual journey through life and learning how to communicate - so much so that I wrote a book about it, Ghost Boy. Ghost Boy I chose to title my book G...




My First Apartment


  Posted on Aug 6, 2014 - 11:58am

_By David Chappel, PRC Ambassador _ I have very good memories of my first apartment with my best friend from college, Mike. I remember the day he told me he wanted to move from the place he was living because his roommates were getting married to each other and the living situation was getting very awkward. Mike and Da...




Say What You Will


  Posted on Sep 17, 2014 - 12:03pm

By Cammie McGovern, author Cammie and Ethan I got the idea to write a novel featuring a non-verbal character who uses an AAC device in part because I am the parent of a child with autism and I wanted to say something about alternative pathways to communication. I should quickly add, my son does not use an AAC device. H...




Tom And Dot


  Posted on Sep 24, 2014 - 12:44pm

_ By Grant Ahner_ I have awesome friends. Tom and Dot are crazy. They are good to me. Tom plays X-Box with me. He is good at playing Madden 15. They got me a new iPod. Grant and Friends They took me to NASCAR races at Talladega, Daytona two times, Michigan, Bristol, and Chicagoland Speedway. They took me to a Rams foo...




Finding Your Dream Job


  Posted on Oct 15, 2014 - 9:21am

By Keslie Spider, PRC Ambassador Hello my name is Keslie. I have Prc’s Eco2. Imagine finding your dream job. Although being a PRC ambassador was not always what I had in mind plans change. I wanted to be a chef but then I realized nobody in their right mind would give me a knife. So I thought what am I great at? ...