<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:contributor>GLASS (Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services)</dc:contributor><dc:coverage>United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018</dc:coverage><dc:creator>Thomas, Empish</dc:creator><dc:creator>Irvin, Stephanie</dc:creator><dc:date>2018-08-16</dc:date><dc:description>Abstract: Empish Thomas grew up sighted before losing her vision after college to uveitis, a condition that causes inflammation in the back of the eye near the retina. Thomas describes navigating the workforce while blind, discussing her careers in human relations and freelance journalism.</dc:description><dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights><dc:source>Our Stories, Our Lives: an oral history project from the Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services (GLASS), Richard B. Russell Library for Research and Studies</dc:source><dc:subject>Georgia--History, Local</dc:subject><dc:subject>People with disabilities--History</dc:subject><dc:subject>People with disabilities--Services for</dc:subject><dc:title>Transcript of an oral history interview with Empish Thomas, 2018 August 16</dc:title><dc:type>Text</dc:type></oai_dc:dc>