Not only does Wiseman present an empathetic picture of the disabled students and loving staff, but he makes his way into organizational meetings, the parental decision making process — all the facets of the lives of the disabled, as they find an increasing role in today’s society.

–Arthur Unger, The Christian Science Monitor

Some of the teachers are deaf themselves, and their earnest professional devotion obviously draws on reservoirs of personal experience.

–Robert Coles, The New Republic

If a time capsule were prepared today for opening in a couple of hundred years, ‘DEAF’ and ‘BLIND’ would be an ideal choice for inclusion. There’s no doubt that a society is reflected in its institutions. The Alabama Institute catches us at our most caring and compassionate moments.

–John J. O'Connor, The New York Times

Never a word of narration, never a voice telling us what we are seeing, guiding our reactions, advising us how to feel. We are on our own… The reward is a new awareness not only of the blind and deaf, but of those who work with them.

–Michael Keman, The Washington Post