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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...




Decisions Matter


  Posted on Nov 8, 2021 - 10:43am

By Mike Hipple, PRC-Saltillo Blogger There are many false facts about the augmentative alternative communication community  that may interfere with students getting what they need.  One  AAC false fact that always bugs me as an AAC  communicator is all AAC Communicators have a cognitive disability. Mmm,...


    Communicators In Action   -    school, special ed, inclusion, peers, friends...


Debugd


  Posted on Aug 2, 2021 - 2:11pm

By Leanne Husk, Educational Technology Instruction Specialist When new concepts, like coding, start to become more and more prevalent in curriculum all over the world, the folks at Bridges Canada only have one question: How do we make sure it’s accessible for ALL? That’s the question we asked ourselves a littl...


    News   -    coding, computer access, aac, computer emulat...


DBS Surgery


  Posted on Sep 9, 2020 - 11:15am

By Ayleen Armendariz, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In 2016, I had surgery on my brain, in hopes it would help me walk and talk. The surgery was called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). The doctors predicted that I would either improve motor response by more than 20%, or not at all.  After my surgery, the doctors switched on my DB...


    Communicators In Action   -    health, medical, dbs, deep brain stimulation,...


Danny's Journey With AAC


  Posted on Jul 29, 2015 - 12:37pm

By Danny Gonsalves, PRC ambassador Danny \ My name is Danny Gonsalves. I am 30 years old. I have four older sisters and four sons-in-laws, and four nieces and two nephews so I am the baby in my family. I been using AAC communication devices since I was five-year-old, because I have CP and I needed a way to talk and ...




CYNOPHOBIA


  Posted on Aug 10, 2018 - 11:33am

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC Blogger Being 18, soon to be 19, year old boy with CP has given me the opportunity to come across some interesting adventures in some of the strangest places. In fact you wouldn’t even think that simple day to day events would give me such amazing adventures. Just like a few days ago, I was lay...