Podcast Show Notes

Series 5 Episode 3

Guest:

In this episode I talk to Brooke Ellison. At age 11, Brooke Ellison was hit by a car, an accident that left her paralysed from the neck down and dependent on a ventilator. Ten years later, she graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in cognitive neuroscience. At 23, she penned Miracles Happen, a memoir that was adapted into a movie, The Brooke Ellison Story, directed by Christopher Reeve. Brooke went on to earn her MPP from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a PhD in sociology from Stony Brook University. Today, she is a tenured professor at Stony Brook, a motivational speaker, and a human rights activist.

“Disability is an identified qualifier for my life, but I am neither diminished nor circumscribed by it.” Brooke Ellison, PhD

We cover:

·     Brooke’s accident and life-changing injuries

·     Her journey in to academia

·     Defying disability and changing people’s perspective.

·     Helping others with her work

Find Brooke:

Website: https://www.brookeellison.com/

BROOKE ELLISON, PhD

• Associate professor of health policy and medical ethics, Stony Brook University, NY
• Policy & ethics expert in stem cell research (served on the Empire State Stem Cell Board for 7 years)

·      VP of Tech Access at United Spinal Association

• Author, Miracles Happen (2002) and Look Both Ways (2021) 
• TEDx Talk and Harvard Commencement Address  

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