By Parr Burton, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I love birthdays. My mom always makes sure mine is the best. My favorite birthday memory is when I had a Harry Potter birthday party. I was fifteen. It started in the bathroom when I got up. It was written on the bathroom mirror that “the birthday chamber has been opened.” ...

By Mike Hipple, PRC-Saltillo Blogger April is the start of the baseball season and nicer weather in Wisconsin. It is also Autism Awareness month and I have been celebrating it since 2009. I have cerebral palsy and use AAC, I don't have any family members who have autism. You might be wondering why I celebrate it? I could h...

By Parr Burton, PRC-Saltillo Blogger What are some things that bother me when I am using my device to talk to somebody?  The one thing I would like people to know is that most computer users don't like it when people don’t let them finish what they are typing before they start guessing what the user is saying.&n...

By Parr Burton, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Another job I would like to do is to be a food critic. I would like to go all over the world and taste different food, rate it and write about it. I could combine all my favorite things like food, travel, and eating out. I could even do this job without traveling very far. I could comp...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In my last article, I discussed chairing and presenting on conference panels using my AAC device. There is an additional aspect of the conference session to navigate after the presentation itself—the question-and-answer portion. I have devised a process that enables me to effic...

By Parr Burton, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Another thing I do with my computer is I have these meetings with people all over the country. We meet once or twice a month on Zoom. We all use computers to communicate. We talk at the meeting about anything. My friend John, who I have talked about before, told me about it. We all use...