Instituto de Capactacion del Nino Ciego y Sordo,(Institute to Empower Blind and Deaf Children) - Guadalajara, Mexico

Directora General Guadalupe Saborio de Inglesias with Monica, a three year old student of the school

Both schools in Guadalajara are funded solely through private donations. This check represents one of the larger gifts donated.

Meeting with the staff and students of the school.

The school has a modern computer lab due to a donation from Hewlette Packard.

Deaf-Blind student demonstrating and communicating through a PowerBraille 40, an electronic braille display.

Students headed to their classroom.

Morning snack in the kindergarten classroom.

Second Grade Classroom

Fourth grade classroom.

Recess

Monica playing during recess.

Boys dormitory decorated with Spiderman.

Girls domitory decorated with Winnie the Pooh.

Three deaf blind students, the girl playing the piano and the boy in the red and blue jacket are siblings.

Sixth grade students practicing for the annual school performance with the PE teacher.

Escuela Para Ninas Ciegas de Guadalajara (School for blind girlsl in Guadalajara).

The computers are equipped with Super Nova software for speech output and large print, and Open Book software for scanning print into accessible formats.

There is also a school for blind girls in Guadalajara. We were unable to schedule a tour of this school's classrooms and therefore this is our only picture of the school. We did meet briefly with the boarding school Director outside the front gate.