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Building Inclusivity from the Ground Up

Posted on August 22, 2023 - 6:59 am by
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The AWS Foundation, founded in 1989, is a Northeast Indiana-focused grant-making nonprofit organization. Its mission is to financially assist organizations working with children and adults with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities to live as independently as they want, be included in the community, and function at their highest potential. It has grown from one employee […]

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Expert Advice on Writing a Compelling Résumé

As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. And when it comes to applying for a job, that first impression is your résumé. That isn’t to say that you won’t have one or more opportunities to make a great impression as you move through the interview process, but having […]

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Implantable Miniature Telescope next to a pencil eraser for size comparison. The device is similar in height to the eraser, though taking up less area.

Late-Stage AMD Patients Needed: Study Underway to Evaluate a New-Generation Implantable Miniature Telescope

In 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a novel device from Samsara Vision called the Implantable Miniature Telescope (IMT). The device magnifies what a person with late-stage, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) sees in “straight-ahead” central vision. Specifically, the IMT projects an image onto undamaged retina sections, enabling a person to recognize and […]

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Unexpected Turns Led Russell Shaffer to a Rewarding, Executive-Level Career

Russell Shaffer is the first to admit that his career has taken a lot of twists and turns, many of them unexpected and unconventional. But it certainly led him in the right direction because today he’s Executive Vice President of Strategy & Programs at Disability:IN. The organization is “the leading nonprofit resource for business disability […]

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Share Your Story About Aging and Vision Loss

The Administration on Community Living is updating the Older Americans Act (OAA) regulations. The Act has been updated a few times, but the regulations have yet to be updated in 35 years! Comments on the rules are due by August 15 and can be submitted online or by mail. (see instructions below) The Problem The […]

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