By Chelsea Hagen, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Ho, Ho, Ho! It’s that time of year again, when both Santa and I are super popular. The only difference is, is when children are told by parents to sit on Santa or speak to him, and the child doesn’t want to… Santa can make up for it with gifts. He leaves...
By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger When we left Missouri the weather was 86 degrees and sunny, but when we arrived in Minnesota it was 46 degrees and raining. What a difference! Our shuttle didn't arrive to pick us up from the airport until an hour and a half after our flight landed. We watched lots of pe...
By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger As I watched white, fluffy clouds floating by from my airplane window, I rehashed my whole adventure from the past week. Gretchen Bright had asked me if I would work at PRC’s booth in Minnesota for the “Closing the Gap” Conference. I have never been to Minneso...
By Brad Whitmoyer, PRC Ambassador Watching Walmart: Balancing Business and Employment Walmart, like many big stores, have had greeters at their doors for quite a while and this job is pretty ideal for some people with disabilities. It's typically not physically demanding which is important for some with physical disabilit...
By Katie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger My name is Katie, I am 19 years old and I have Cerebral Palsy and epilepsy. I communicate with my Accent 1000 device, it has definitely been the most amazing tool and it has helped immensely to break down the barriers I once faced when trying to communicate. Being non-verbal was always...
By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Coming out of my room, I moved a toy out of my normal walking path, when the sound of crying caused me to pause and reflect on all of the changes that have happened recently in our life. We are fostering two kids who are family members. Their ages are three and one. Thankfully...