ISAAC AAC Awareness Month
 
 


2008 MANY STORIES ONE VOICE ONLINE COLLECTION

Carrie Kilbourne, Age 31, United States


Click HERE to download the poem in Microsoft Word format.

 

Hi, my name is Carrie.  I was in an auto accident in 1996. I have a TBI and am now quadiplegic and non-verbal. I use a Dyna-vox DV4 communication device. I use a switch to operate it in the scanning mode. I have two miniature horses that I show from my wheelchair. I have won many ribbons and trophies. The photo is of me and my horse, Belle. It was taken in my barn. I don’t use any additional software with my AAC device. My DV4 works as a keyboard so that I can type directly into MS Word. My mother used Adobe Photoshop Elements to do the edging on my photo.

 

 

AAC is my voice

It goes everywhere I go

Other people take their voices

It’s just that theirs don’t show

 

People are curious this is common

I see them take a peek

But an animals curiosity

Is truly something unique!