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Be A Chicken


  Posted on Dec 20, 2019 - 1:06pm

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Day in and day out, chickens seem to live life without a care in the world.  Whatever happens, it seems as if chickens just keep on pecking.  I believe that we should be more like chickens.  This past year began great for me.  I had lots of big plans for 2019.&nb...


    Life With Kyle   -    life, goals, family, AAC, change, Kyle


Yes, Virginia, That Is A Disabled Person


  Posted on Dec 13, 2019 - 10:14am

By Chelsea Hagen, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Ho, Ho, Ho!  It’s that time of year again, when both Santa and I are super popular. The only difference is, is when children are told by parents to sit on Santa or speak to him, and the child doesn’t want to… Santa can make up for it with gifts.  He leaves...


    Communicators In Action   -    holiday, aac, Christmas, Xmas, children, perc...


Back To Humans


  Posted on Dec 11, 2019 - 4:14pm

By Indrani Solomon I always tend to ask questions at meetings to connect better with people around me, doing the thinking together as we find ladders and chutes in the process. While some call this brainstorming, I call it fine tuning or simply, connecting the dots. So let me start with my first question -• What does...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    aac, communication, education, learning, pare...


Inspire AAC With Personalized Gifts


  Posted on Dec 6, 2019 - 2:37pm

By Diane Kodelja - parent, caregiver, multimedia studio artist, educator My AAC device user is a sixteen-year-old girl with global delays. She is a complex mix of every stage from newborn to her current calendar age, depending on which splinter of her is under the microscope.  When Josh, the star of the new hit televi...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    christmas, holiday, xmas, photo, shutterfly, ...


Power Problems


  Posted on Dec 1, 2019 - 3:29pm

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Change can sometimes be difficult, but sometimes it can also be wonderful. A good change recently came into my life. About a week ago, I got a power wheelchair! This isn’t my first power-chair. I had a chair when I was in the third grade. It was really fun navigating down the h...


    Life With Kyle   -    friends, mobility, wheelchair, mud, AAC, comm...


Teaching Words, Not Pictures


  Posted on Dec 1, 2019 - 3:23pm

by Patrick Fothergill, SLP Patrick is an AAC consultant for Liberator Communications Canada (LCC), which is a division of PRC-Saltillo.  He worked with kids & adults in public Ontario AAC clinics for six years before joining LCC. For me, one of best the things about working in AAC is how there’s always more...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    linguistics, words, aac, communication, icons...