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Language Learning With Wind-Up Toys


  Posted on Mar 28, 2022 - 10:38am

By Kym Heine, PRC Consultant, Mississippi Wind-up toys are a fun and silly way to engage your AAC learners with a variety of communicative functions.  Here’s how to get started! Order a 24 pack of assorted wind-up toys from Amazon. Group and store two to three toys in snack size baggies according to the ac...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    therapy, implementation, language, aac, commu...


Why Accept Unnecessary Annoyance And Frustration?


  Posted on Mar 2, 2022 - 10:08am

By Hannah Foley, PRC-Saltillo Blogger How do you view people who have disabilities? How about those who have complex communication needs and use AAC on a daily basis? How do you feel when you see others praising people with disabilities for doing “normal” daily activities? The term “inspiration porn&rdq...


    Communicators In Action   -    disability, aac, negativity, communincation, ...


Medical Language Surrounding Autism


  Posted on Mar 9, 2022 - 10:04am

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger It would have probably been better to write this for Autism Awareness Month, but as usual, my timing is off. I find that it’s better to write out an idea as soon as I have it. I would like to talk about the language surrounding autism and autistic people. Many people believe th...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, language, communication, medical, disabi...


Presenting With AAC


  Posted on Mar 21, 2022 - 12:34pm

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger A few weeks ago, I delivered a presentation on disability accessibility and accommodation at the virtual Conference on College Composition and Communication, the world’s largest conference on writing, rhetoric, and composition. This was my fourth time presenting at this confere...


    Communicators In Action   -    AAC, literacy, school, writing, professional,...


Spring Cleaning


  Posted on Mar 23, 2022 - 2:06pm

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador Happy Spring! Every spring I do AAC cleaning! That consists of looking at every icon and see if I want the same icons, delete pages that I do not use anymore, and the most important, update your personal pages! First of all, you do not have to clean up your device, but I recommend...




Family Time


  Posted on Mar 31, 2022 - 12:03pm

By Brandon Williamson, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I love to hang out with my big family.  Besides my mom and my dad, I have 3 sisters, 2 brother-in-laws, 6 nieces, and 1 nephew.  Having a big family is fun.  I live with some of my family members in Grove City, Ohio, which is a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.  I liv...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, language, communication, family