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Blind Notre Dame student pursues medical dream at UW
Tim Cordes, blind since adolescence, enters the University of Wisconsin medical school after excelling at Notre Dame. The article details his path from Leber’s disease diagnosis to a biology and biochemistry focus, aided by Braille books, raised drawings, and narrating visual describers. He aims to become a medical researcher with a demanding, technology-assisted approach.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Tim
Tim Cordes
University of Wisconsin
Eldridge
Iowa
Bettendorf
Timothy John Cordes
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Paul Helquist
Leber
Therese
Davenport
Tom
Cordes
Philip Farrell
Megan Neuman
Neuman
Karin Carlson
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Carlson
Electra