Each dorm has houseparents and dorm aides, who help the students get up and dressed in the mornings and make sure the kids get to bed on time at night. Everybody here on campus uses sign language to communicate with students. Students at ASD eat three meals a day here at the cafeteria. There is no tuition for students from the state of Alabama, and meals are free too. AIDB has a dietitian who helps figure out the menu every week so we all eat balanced meals.
Classes are small, so students and teachers can communicate better.
The curriculum is the same for students here at ASD as it is at any public school in the state. Basic, remedial and enrichment academic studies are offered. ASD is accredited by the State Board of Education, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Conference of Educational Administrators Serving the Deaf. High school students are required to take twice as many classes in English as regular high school students, to help us overcome language difficulties that started when we were very young and couldn't just pick up vocabulary skills. Remember, English is like a foreign language to us in many ways, since we may have never heard it spoken.