Just about every student here learns braille, unless they can read type that's not too much bigger than the type you see on the screen. We have a great library here, filled with picture books and reference books, magazines and all kinds of books in braille and large print. It's also the sub-regional library for the federal talking book program, so we have access to more books than most students do. We study the regular curriculum that every student does in the state of Alabama. In addition to that, we have instruction in orientation and mobility, to help us get around, and braille.
Students graduate with an academic or a vocational diploma.
Lots of us go on to college, which makes it easier for us to find work. In the girls' dorm, the youngest girls sleep upstairs and the older girls are downstairs. The boys have two separate dorms, one for the older boys and one for the younger. Each dorm has houseparents that live with the kids, and dorm aides to help out with dressing and getting ready for school. Every dorm has a party once a month to celebrate birthdays.