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Dale Layne, a student who says he is totally blind, feels his way down a hallway while heading to the gym at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 3, 2013. Due to his blindness, Layne says he sometimes suffers from Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder, which makes him indifferent to a day-night light cycle. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:05 odp.
A sign, with Braille, is seen at the entrance to a classroom at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 7, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:25 odp.
Visually impaired student Curtis Norton sits in a van operated by the World Services for the Blind (WSB) during a shopping trip in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. Students at the WSB are taken out for recreational activities, like shopping, several times a week. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION TRANSPORT SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:14 odp.
Visually impaired student Curtis Norton, assisted by his guide dog, knocks on an entrance door to the World Services for the Blind in Little Rock, Arkansas January 6, 2013. The blind and the visually impaired, whose sight is not sufficient to walk safely in public environments, use the help of a cane or a guide dog. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION ANIMALS SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:17 odp.
Visually impaired student Jeff Giffen holds his tray after having lunch in the cafeteria of the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 7, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:23 odp.
A group of blind and visually impaired students from the World Services for the Blind (WSB) push shopping carts while entering a department store with a guide dog in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION ANIMALS SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:19 odp.
Albino and visually impaired student David Givens sits in a hallway at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 6, 2013. Albinism is a group of genetic conditions that causes a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes or both in the eyes and in the skin. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:24 odp.
Blind and visually impaired students are photographed during lunchtime in the cafeteria of the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 7, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:18 odp.
Students taking part in the Older Blind Program listen to a lesson on how to use an iPad at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. Janet Ford, an instructor who is part of the Older Blind Program, which enrols blind or visually impaired students older than 54 years old, says touch screen computers are easier to use than a traditional keyboard for her students. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:08 odp.
Visually impaired student Toni Millican is guided towards an iPad screen during a class of the Older Blind Program at World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. Janet Ford, an instructor who is part of the Older Blind Program, which enrols blind or visually impaired students older than 54 years old, says touch screen computers are easier to use than a traditional keyboard for her students. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:06 odp.
Renna, a guide dog, rests with visually impaired student Curtis Norton during a trip in a van operated by the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. The blind and the visually impaired, whose sight is not sufficient to walk safely in public environments, use the help of a cane or a guide dog. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: ANIMALS EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:13 odp.
Jackie Thompson, a visually impaired student, touches the screen of an iPad during the Older Blind Program class at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. Janet Ford, an instructor who is part of the Older Blind Program, which enrols blind or visually impaired students older than 54 years old, says touch screen computers are easier to use than a traditional keyboard for her students. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:07 odp.
The shadow of a plant falls upon the pages of the Book of Genesis, written in Braille, as it sits in a hallway at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 8, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 8, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY RELIGION) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:09 odp.
Braillenote, a computer with a refreshable Braille display for the blind or visually impaired users, hangs from the shoulder of a student at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 7, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:10 odp.
Students enrolled in the Older Blind Program at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) learn how to use an iPad in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. Janet Ford, an instructor who is part of the Older Blind Program, which enrols blind or visually impaired students older than 54 years old, says touch screen computers are easier to use than a traditional keyboard for her students. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:06 odp.
A flash card, used to teach Braille, is caught in a window pane at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 4, 2013. This type of flash card, with both visuals and braille, is used to teach Braille to students with a progressive form of visual impairment. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:15 odp.
Dale Layne, a student who says he is blind with light perception, lies in his bed while posing for a portrait at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 7, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY PORTRAIT) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:23 odp.
Visually impaired student Michael Fleming stares into his laptop while playing music in the auditorium of the World Services for the Blind in Little Rock, Arkansas January 3, 2013. Fleming, who has high myopia, enjoys mixing hip-hop and R music with software that requires the use of vision. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 3, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:20 odp.
Aran Abramovich, who is totally blind, studies using a computer at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 4, 2013. Abramovich listens to his lessons on the computer using Jaws, a software developed for the blind and visually impaired, which converts text into audio. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:22 odp.
Students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign learn how to guide a blind person during a simulation exercise at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 6, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:19 odp.
Students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign listen to instructions on how to guide a blind person during a simulation exercise at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 6, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:19 odp.
Visually impaired student LaDavid Mahaffey grabs his clothes after doing laundry at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) in Little Rock, Arkansas January 6, 2013. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 6, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:22 odp.
David Givens (R), a visually impaired albino student from the World Services for the Blind (WSB), pulls a package of socks close to his eyes while shopping at a department store in Little Rock, Arkansas January 5, 2013. Albinism is a group of genetic conditions that causes a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes or both in the eyes and in the skin. Standing on the left is visually impaired student Miguel Mendez. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 5, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:16 odp.
Robert Brown (L), a student at the World Services for the Blind (WSB) who is visually impaired due to Stargardt disease, gets close to a movie poster to read its words outside a theater in Little Rock, Arkansas January 4, 2013. Brown can read from a very short distance or using a magnifying lens. The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH EDUCATION SOCIETY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:16 odp.
Students from the World Services for the Blind (WSB) sit to watch a movie inside a theater in Little Rock, Arkansas January 4, 2013. Robert Brown (L), visually impaired because of Stargardt disease, Dale Layne (C), blind with light perception because of glaucoma, and Cynda Bellamy, a sighted recreation specialist at the WSB, were preparing to watch "Cloud Atlas." The WSB is a rehabilitation center for the blind or visually impaired which offers life skills and career training programs designed to help those enrolled achieve sustainable independence. Picture taken on January 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Published: Dub. 26, 2013, 2:13 odp.