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<p>Professional development series for educators, community stakeholders, and families looking to best serve students with visual impairments</p>

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<p>The IDD Toolkit website provides information for the primary care of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Iddtoolkit.org</p>

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The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) announced today the 2026 recipients of the Corinne Kirchner Research Award, which will be presented to Dr. Rachel Schles, assistant professor at Vanderbilt University, and the Llura Gund Leadership Award, which will be presented to Ms. Marissa Miara, director of student services at Marshall B. Ketchum University.

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Schles awarded Corinne Kirchner Research Award by American Foundation for the Blind

Ege Kavalali, chair of the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences, wants to know how the billions of cells in our brains talk to each other all day.

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Ege Kavalali: From Circuits to Synapses

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