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Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Young People with RD Achieving 

The recent world triathlon championships held in New Zealand resulted in 21-year-old Michigan State student Aaron Scheidies, who has Stargardt's disease, winning in the athletes-with-disabilities division ('Legally Blind Athlete Kept Sight on Finish ', Washington Post, December 26, 2003).

Eneida Torres, a 17-year-old high school student who has Bardet Biedl Syndrome, was recently named Florida's Most Promising Visually Impaired High School Senior and hopes to become a court stenographer ('Visually Impaired Leto Senior Awarded For Her Dedication', in Tampa, Florida's Tampa Tribune, December 29, 2003).

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