By Danny Gonzalez, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Being a disabled person, I have watched a T.V. show named Speechless.  This TV show is about a boy that is in a wheelchair and cannot talk. He uses a low-tech communication tool. It is a letter board, and he uses his head to point to letters in order to spell out the words. As f...

By Jacob MacAnish, PRC blogger Do you like Christmas? I do because of family, gifts, TV, and snow. Family is hard to explain at Christmas. I’m going to be at Dad’s on Christmas Eve. I’m going to be at my Mom’s on Christmas Day. Last Christmas I got a Wii U. I’m going to get gifts for my family on a shoppi...

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...

By Johnny Schneider, PRC-Saltillo Blogger When people don’t understand what I’m saying I use my device to help me to speak with others . My device has helped me get my words out.  When I started using a device I would spell everything out. Now I’m using the icons to get faster. I love using my device...

By Carson Covey, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Hi everyone, my name is Carson Sylvan Covey. I am a Colorado native and proud of it! I have periventricular leukomalacia or PVL. This is damage to the white matter of my brain. To say it in a more simple way, I have cerebral palsy. I have been using AAC for 15 years. I'm an ambassador ...

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger This will be my first blog post, and I have chosen to write about something that has bothered me for quite some time. It has been inspired by a few conversations I’ve had with some people and my own experiences. AAC stands for augmentative and alternative communication. Over th...