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How A Little Professor Became An Adult AAC User


  Posted on Dec 2, 2020 - 10:50am

By Lily Huston, PRC-Saltillo Blogger, AAC user and graduate student for an M.A. in Assistive Technology By all accounts, I acquired spoken language on schedule. Early, even. I certainly was reading early, devouring books until everyone accepted that little Lily always had her nose in a book--in the car, snatching a few wor...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, sign language, ASL, student, college, un...


Having A Voice Is Not Enough


  Posted on Nov 23, 2020 - 12:09pm

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I’ve had the pleasure of speaking at a few conferences over the last couple of years. I have a presentation in which I talk about the difficulties AAC users have in forming relationships, and I have taken parts of it to use as inspiration for this post. For me personally, the b...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, speaking, conference, language, device, ...


AAC Awareness Month 2020


  Posted on Nov 18, 2020 - 12:36pm

By Hannah Foley, PRC-Saltillo Blogger As we close out AAC Awareness Month 2020, I cannot help but reflect on my experiences within the AAC community, as both an user and professional. While I was growing up, I had no idea what I was going to do as a career nor did I ever think that the career that I would end up pursuing w...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, awareness, october, communication


A School Year Of Core


  Posted on Nov 16, 2020 - 11:11am

By Alisa Lego - The Imperial Candidate for Masters in Science of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences at San Francisco State University Our students want to connect with us and the world around them just as much as we want the same for them. Through communication we are able to join each other in our worlds to connect a...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    implementation, AAC, core, school, SLP, teams


Spread The Word


  Posted on Nov 11, 2020 - 12:41pm

By Cory Peters, M.S. CCC-SLP Yes that is right….the AAC word. Being a consultant for an AAC company, I live AAC daily. However, this was not always true and not true for everyone. Like most SLPs I went to a graduate school that trains all about assistive technology in a 3 credit course over the summer. Therefore, it...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    AAC, language, development, autism, communica...


Using The Phone With AAC


  Posted on Nov 9, 2020 - 11:37am

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Have you ever tried to order stuff or make appointments on the phone while using your devices?  Here are my tips I have that could help. First, do some research on what questions the organization will ask you. Next, make a PREPROGRAMMED page and make sure you start with the statem...


    Communicators In Action   -    phone, cell, order, appointment, message, aac