Success Stories

Case Studies

Maddie Chan
Fifteen-year-old Maddie Chan lives life enthusiastically despite microcephaly and cerebral palsy. Affectionate and outgoing, she is eager to learn and very interested in interacting with others. She attends junior high in a self-contained, special education classroom... Read

Ben Wohl
Five-year-old Benjamin Wohl lives in Torrance, California with his parents, David and Jane, an older brother, Jonathan, two cats, and a frog. Ben was born with an Arnold-Chiari malformation, which was corrected by surgery when he was a toddler, but left him with autistic... Read

Additional Stories

Andrew Bowen
Like lots of eight-year-old boys, Andrew (Drew) Bowen loves to play outside, jump on the trampoline, and take drum lessons. He has loving parents and siblings, but also has special challenges that come with having been diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy. Drew's ability... Read

Krista Howard
Krista has been a PRC favorite for years! She is a PRC Ambassador, serving us at conferences, camps and other places where people want to see successful augmented communicators. Krista's first AAC device was a PRC Touch Talker when she was in the first grade. Since then... Read

Kyra Lovings
Last summer, Kyra Lovings, an 11 year old girl with a medical diagnosis of cerebral palsy, was talking to me. She was not just talking to me, but to other adults and peers. Kyra is essentially non-verbal due to the severe muscle weakness that results from the Cerebral Palsy... Read

Emily Nevels
Well, Emily's progress with the computer (Vantage) should be no surprise to you because you predicted it. I am amazed myself at the speed with which she is progressing. The ladies from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE) are just as amazed at her progress... Read