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50 Years Of Communication


  Posted on Feb 24, 2016 - 11:37am

_ By Jane Odom, M. Ed, Director of Implementation Resources, PRC_ Today’s blog post is about my journey in the field of AAC. I was fortunate enough to attend Temple University back in the 1980’s. It was then I was introduced to the field of AAC. I attended the ACES program as a grad student where I attended a trai...


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Alfredo


  Posted on Feb 17, 2016 - 11:28am

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC ambassador Hello! My name is Kyle. I live in a little town in Missouri called Eldon. I am a teenager and I I’m single. And I like that. But that really isn’t true. I am in a relationship with Jesus Christ, and that is the most importing thing I have ever done. Like most teenagers, I ha...




A Promise Broken


  Posted on Feb 10, 2016 - 1:03pm

By Jo Misek, author A Promise Broken is the third part of the four-book Adi’s World series. Adi & Arnie still live in Maple Community (inside a hollow sugar maple tree in Vermont). Ayden now lives in Cliff City (a town inside a crevice in the side of a cliff), and his twin, Jayden, lives in Tunnel Town (an underg...




An Invitation Not To Talk


  Posted on Feb 3, 2016 - 11:14am

_ By David Kay, M.Ed., OTR, Regional Consultant, PRC_ “True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery In the world of AAC we work with individuals who are building their ability to communicate. But what about the ability to do? The model of human oc...




Watching American Idol While Using AAC


  Posted on Jan 27, 2016 - 11:46am

By Ryan Knoblauch, M.S. CCC- SLP Here we go. It’s the final season of American Idol. If you have kids of your own or you work with kids, then it’s likely they know a little bit about the show. I personally have watched about four seasons collectively (a couple of the Simon Cowell years and now with Urban, J-L...




Anchors Away! Blending Core And Fringe


  Posted on Jan 20, 2016 - 10:56am

By Russell Cross, PRC Director of Clinical Applications One of the reasons using the Unity® language system is so popular is the simple fact that it provides a solid core vocabulary set. And the reason a core vocabulary is so useful is that it contains words used by everyone regardless of age, location, or topic. For ...