Documentary showing the educational programs and daily life of students in kindergarten through the 12th grade at the Alabama School for the Blind. The school is organized around the effort to educate blind and visually impaired students to be in charge of their own lives. Sequences in the film include mobility training, braille instruction and orientation as well as traditional classroom subjects such as English, history, science and music. Other sequences show psychological counseling sessions; vocational training; staff dealing with student disciplinary problems; and the wide variety of recreational and athletic programs
Analysis
Health & Wellness
Credits
Photography, John Davey
Event
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1986
Notes
Description from online resource; title from title frames (Kanopy, viewed on July 9, 2018)