Appius Claudius, a Roman statesman said, “Each man is the architect of his own fate.” I find this statement to be true. At the end of my last blog I had mentioned about the man upstairs having a plan for me. Ever since I can remember, I wanted to work in healthcare. I always found [...]
Recently, several Consumer Representatives for DynaVox, myself included, joined in our first online meeting using Adobe Connect. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Adobe Connect, it is the new flash power platform which allows businesses to hold web meetings, to conduct virtual classrooms and to give online presentations. As consumer representatives, this is [...]
Those of us who were born with a disability or have had one since shortly after birth don’t think that anything is wrong with us. We perceive that we are normal and everybody else is not. In our tender years, we believed that able-bodied people were the weird guys.
When growing up, I had two sets [...]
With the way things are in Washington, it’s a wonder anything productive gets done at all. It is very easy to get caught up in one’s own ideologies and forget the bigger picture. We, as AAC users, view the world from a different perspective and often have the ability to compromise where compromise seems unlikely [...]
I’m 46 years old and would love to think I know a lot. It’s 2011 so all elevators should be brought to code, automatic doors should have electronic eyes so they won’t shut on people, and buses should announce every stop so a disabled person can know where they need to get off. If you [...]
With all the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, it is difficult to remember the priorities we set for ourselves. The daily routines of work, school, or other activities can easily distract us from achieving our goals. One must not forget that all of these activities are pieces of the big picture. They are [...]
I love writing! My passion for it can be seen in my blogs as well as my autobiography, More Than a Watchmaker, and my devotional book, Psalms of Praises. Both books were written before I received my original DynaVox. However, my blogs are now written with my DynaVox Maestro, and I can see a significant [...]
With the current state of the economy, people are forced to find ways to generate income, often times, having little or nothing to do with their chosen field of study. We, as AAC users, are no different. I am one of those people.
I have put a profile on the website Care.com, which links up nannies [...]
I remember being in high school and wanting to be part of an after school activity for extra credit. Man it was hard finding something because for me sports were out, being a cheerleader was out, and a lot of other things were out because I couldn’t do them. I finally tried out for a [...]
Our body language can portray a message without words ever being spoken. For some individuals, the body language may be a simple folding of the arms, to portray defensiveness, a clasping of the arms, to display reverence, or a waving of the hands and arms to wave good-bye or hello.
There is one aspect of body language, [...]
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