<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/fall-2024/fostering-independence-people-blindness.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Fostering Independence in People with Blindness</title><excerpt>After working in physical therapy for a year, Allison Hughes Burdett ’07 sought to serve people with disabilities, particularly those with visual impairments. “I wanted to make a lifelong impact and help people facing barriers to their independence,” she says.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
        </image><caption/><description>ALUMNI STORIESAfter working in physical therapy for a year, Allison Hughes Burdett ’07 sought to serve people with disabilities,...</description></item>