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==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Brooke Mackenzie Ellison was born in [[Rockville Centre, New York]], on October 20, 1978, to Edward and Jean (née Derenze) Ellison.<ref name="NYT-Obit">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/health/brooke-ellison-dead.html |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=9 February 2024}}</ref> On September 4, 1990, at the age of 11, she was hit by a car while walking home from school, resulting in her being [[paralysis|paralyzed]] from the neck down. Although her injuries left her completely dependent on other people, she graduated from [[Ward Melville High School]] in 1996 with high honors, and was accepted by Harvard.<ref name="Vizas">{{Cite web |last=Vizas |first=Cecily |date=2024-02-06 |title=SBU Associate Professor Brooke Ellison Dies at 45 |url=https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/brooke-ellison-associate-professor-and-medical-ethics-expert-dies-at-45/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated ''[[Latin honors|summa cum laude]]'' from Harvard with a [[Bachelor of Science|bachelor of science]] in [[cognitive neuroscience]] in 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Brooke Ellison, Ph.D. |url=https://www.christopherreeve.org/community/about-us/executive-memos/in-memoriam-brooke-ellison-ph-d/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation |language=en}}</ref> and a [[master's degree]] in public policy from Harvard's [[John F. Kennedy School of Government|Kennedy School of Government]],<ref name=Progress>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/news/2007/05/09/3019/one-womans-fight-for-human-lives-an-interview-with-brooke-ellison/|title=One Woman's Fight for Human Lives: An Interview with Brooke Ellison|website=AmericanProgress.org|publisher=[[Center for American Progress]]|access-date=May 9, 2007}}</ref> making her the first person with [[quadriplegia]] to graduate from Harvard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-05-17-0005170057-story.html|title=QUADRIPLEGIC ABOUT TO BECOME GRAD OF HARVARD|author=Steinberg, Jacques|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|publisher=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=May 17, 2000}}</ref> In 2014 [[Rutgers University]] awarded Brooke Ellison an honorary doctorate in humane letters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/ellison.shtml |title=Stony Brook University Bioethics Department |access-date=April 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721132555/http://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/ellison.shtml |archive-date=July 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ellison completed her Ph.D. in 2012 from [[Stony Brook University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookeellison.com/|title=Look Both Ways|website=Look Both Ways}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=2024-02-09 |title=Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/health/brooke-ellison-dead.html |access-date=2024-02-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Brooke Mackenzie Ellison was born in [[Rockville Centre, New York]], on October 20, 1978, to Edward and Jean (née Derenze) Ellison.<ref name="NYT-Obit">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/health/brooke-ellison-dead.html |access-date=February 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2024}}</ref> On September 4, 1990, at the age of 11, she was hit by a car while walking home from school, resulting in her being [[paralysis|paralyzed]] from the neck down. Although her injuries left her completely dependent on other people, she graduated from [[Ward Melville High School]] in 1996 with high honors, and was accepted by Harvard.<ref name="Vizas">{{Cite web |last=Vizas |first=Cecily |date=February 6, 2024 |title=SBU Associate Professor Brooke Ellison Dies at 45 |url=https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/brooke-ellison-associate-professor-and-medical-ethics-expert-dies-at-45/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> She graduated ''[[Latin honors|summa cum laude]]'' from Harvard with a [[Bachelor of Science|bachelor of science]] in [[cognitive neuroscience]] in 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Brooke Ellison, Ph.D. |url=https://www.christopherreeve.org/community/about-us/executive-memos/in-memoriam-brooke-ellison-ph-d/ |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation |language=en}}</ref> and a [[master's degree]] in public policy from Harvard's [[John F. Kennedy School of Government|Kennedy School of Government]],<ref name=Progress>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/general/news/2007/05/09/3019/one-womans-fight-for-human-lives-an-interview-with-brooke-ellison/|title=One Woman's Fight for Human Lives: An Interview with Brooke Ellison|website=AmericanProgress.org|publisher=[[Center for American Progress]]|access-date=May 9, 2007}}</ref> making her the first person with [[quadriplegia]] to graduate from Harvard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-05-17-0005170057-story.html|title=QUADRIPLEGIC ABOUT TO BECOME GRAD OF HARVARD|author=Steinberg, Jacques|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|publisher=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=May 17, 2000}}</ref> In 2014 [[Rutgers University]] awarded Brooke Ellison an honorary doctorate in humane letters.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/ellison.shtml |title=Stony Brook University Bioethics Department |access-date=April 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721132555/http://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/ellison.shtml |archive-date=July 21, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ellison completed her Ph.D. in 2012 from [[Stony Brook University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookeellison.com/|title=Look Both Ways|website=Look Both Ways}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=February 9, 2024 |title=Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/health/brooke-ellison-dead.html |access-date=February 10, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


In 2002, Ellison's memoir ''Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey'', which she co-wrote with her mother following her graduation from Harvard, was published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Brooke-Ellison-11440581 |title=Brooke Ellison Biography |publisher=Biography.com |accessdate=October 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907034405/http://www.biography.com/articles/Brooke-Ellison-11440581 |archivedate=September 7, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellison |first1=Brooke |last2=Ellison |first2=Jean |title=Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey |date=9 January 2002 |publisher=Hyperion Books |isbn=978-0-7868-6770-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7AKAQAAMAAJ |ol=8143091M |access-date=11 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2002, Ellison's memoir ''Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey'', which she co-wrote with her mother following her graduation from Harvard, was published.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/articles/Brooke-Ellison-11440581 |title=Brooke Ellison Biography |publisher=Biography.com |accessdate=October 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907034405/http://www.biography.com/articles/Brooke-Ellison-11440581 |archivedate=September 7, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellison |first1=Brooke |last2=Ellison |first2=Jean |title=Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey |date=January 9, 2002 |publisher=Hyperion Books |isbn=978-0-7868-6770-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H7AKAQAAMAAJ |ol=8143091M |access-date=February 11, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>


===''The Brooke Ellison Story''===
===''The Brooke Ellison Story''===
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===Later life===
===Later life===
Ellison was a professor in the School of Health Technology & Management at [[Stony Brook University]], and also a motivational speaker.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/harvard-quadriplegic-brooke-ellison-1.20551856 |title=Pioneering quadriplegic encourages students to overcome obstacles |last1=Jones|first1=Bart|publisher=[[Newsday]] |access-date=11 February 2024 |date=August 19, 2018 |url-status=dead |format=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130120518/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/harvard-quadriplegic-brooke-ellison-1.20551856 |archive-date=30 November 2021 }}</ref>
Ellison was a professor in the School of Health Technology & Management at [[Stony Brook University]], and also a motivational speaker.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/harvard-quadriplegic-brooke-ellison-1.20551856 |title=Pioneering quadriplegic encourages students to overcome obstacles |last1=Jones|first1=Bart|publisher=[[Newsday]] |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=August 19, 2018 |url-status=dead |format=web.archive.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130120518/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/harvard-quadriplegic-brooke-ellison-1.20551856 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 }}</ref>


In November 2015, Ellison teamed up with director [[James Siegel]] to create the award-winning documentary "Hope Deferred",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org/festival.shtml |title=Boston Film Festival Winners |access-date=April 26, 2011 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514043112/http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org/festival.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> which aims to educate the general public about [[Embryonic stem cell|embryonic stem cell research]].
In November 2015, Ellison teamed up with director [[James Siegel]] to create the award-winning documentary "Hope Deferred",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org/festival.shtml |title=Boston Film Festival Winners |access-date=April 26, 2011 |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514043112/http://www.bostonfilmfestival.org/festival.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> which aims to educate the general public about [[Embryonic stem cell|embryonic stem cell research]].
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Ellison was an advocate for accessible technology. She served as Vice President of Tech Access for [[United Spinal Association]] beginning in January 2023 following her 2022 appointment to their Board.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://unitedspinal.org/leadership/ | title=Our Leadership }}</ref><ref name="quinn">{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Monica |date=February 5, 2024 |title=United Spinal Association Mourns the Loss of Brooke Ellison |url=https://unitedspinal.org/united-spinal-association-mourns-the-loss-of-brooke-ellison/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=United Spinal Association |language=en-US}}</ref>
Ellison was an advocate for accessible technology. She served as Vice President of Tech Access for [[United Spinal Association]] beginning in January 2023 following her 2022 appointment to their Board.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://unitedspinal.org/leadership/ | title=Our Leadership }}</ref><ref name="quinn">{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Monica |date=February 5, 2024 |title=United Spinal Association Mourns the Loss of Brooke Ellison |url=https://unitedspinal.org/united-spinal-association-mourns-the-loss-of-brooke-ellison/ |access-date=February 6, 2024 |publisher=United Spinal Association |language=en-US}}</ref>


Two decades following the publication of ''Miracles Happen'', Ellison authored and published her second book, ''Look Both Ways'' in 2021.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellison |first1=Brooke |title=Look Both Ways |date=15 August 2021 |publisher=Adaptation Publishing |isbn=978-1-7373389-1-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0-AzgEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=#1765: Brooke Ellison on 'Look Both Ways' |url=https://www.wamc.org/show/51/2023-05-18/51-1765-brooke-ellison-on-look-both-ways |work=51% |publisher=[[WAMC]]}}</ref>
Two decades following the publication of ''Miracles Happen'', Ellison authored and published her second book, ''Look Both Ways'' in 2021.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellison |first1=Brooke |title=Look Both Ways |date=August 15, 2021 |publisher=Adaptation Publishing |isbn=978-1-7373389-1-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0-AzgEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=#1765: Brooke Ellison on 'Look Both Ways' |url=https://www.wamc.org/show/51/2023-05-18/51-1765-brooke-ellison-on-look-both-ways |work=51% |publisher=[[WAMC]]}}</ref>


Ellison died at [[Stony Brook University Hospital]] on February 4, 2024, at the age of 45.<ref name="quinn"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Spangler |first=Nicholas |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Brooke Ellison, Stony Brook University bioethicist, stem cell advocate, has died |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/brooke-ellison-stony-brook-university-bioethicist-quadra-ep4wcods |work=Newsday |access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>
Ellison died at [[Stony Brook University Hospital]] on February 4, 2024, at the age of 45.<ref name="quinn"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Spangler |first=Nicholas |date=February 5, 2024 |title=Brooke Ellison, Stony Brook University bioethicist, stem cell advocate, has died |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/brooke-ellison-stony-brook-university-bioethicist-quadra-ep4wcods |work=Newsday |access-date=February 5, 2024}}</ref>

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Brooke Ellison
Born
Brooke Mackenzie Ellison

(1978-10-20)October 20, 1978
Long Island, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 4, 2024(2024-02-04) (aged 45)
Stony Brook, New York, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BS, MPP)
Stony Brook University (PhD)
Political partyDemocratic
WebsiteOfficial website

Brooke Mackenzie Ellison (October 20, 1978 – February 4, 2024) was an American academic and disability advocate. She is known for being the first quadriplegic to graduate from Harvard University.

Life and career

Brooke Mackenzie Ellison was born in Rockville Centre, New York, on October 20, 1978, to Edward and Jean (née Derenze) Ellison.[1] On September 4, 1990, at the age of 11, she was hit by a car while walking home from school, resulting in her being paralyzed from the neck down. Although her injuries left her completely dependent on other people, she graduated from Ward Melville High School in 1996 with high honors, and was accepted by Harvard.[2] She graduated summa cum laude from Harvard with a bachelor of science in cognitive neuroscience in 2000,[3] and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government,[4] making her the first person with quadriplegia to graduate from Harvard.[5] In 2014 Rutgers University awarded Brooke Ellison an honorary doctorate in humane letters.[6] Ellison completed her Ph.D. in 2012 from Stony Brook University.[7][8]

In 2002, Ellison's memoir Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey, which she co-wrote with her mother following her graduation from Harvard, was published.[9][10]

The Brooke Ellison Story

The Brooke Ellison Story premiered in 2004, based on Ellison's 2002 memoir Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey. The television film was directed by fellow quadriplegic Christopher Reeve, the star of Superman. Brooke was portrayed by Vanessa Marano as a child and Lacey Chabert as a teenager. It is also notable for being Reeve's final directing project. The film aired on the A&E network on October 25, 2004, just a few weeks after Reeve's death.[4][11]

Candidacy for State Senate

Brooke Ellison ran for New York State Senate as a Democrat in 2006[12] but was defeated by the Republican incumbent, John Flanagan.[4] One of Ellison's principal issues was her support for embryonic stem cell research.[4] She served on the advisory board of the Genetics Policy Institute.[13]

Later life

Ellison was a professor in the School of Health Technology & Management at Stony Brook University, and also a motivational speaker.[14]

In November 2015, Ellison teamed up with director James Siegel to create the award-winning documentary "Hope Deferred",[15] which aims to educate the general public about embryonic stem cell research.

Ellison was an advocate for accessible technology. She served as Vice President of Tech Access for United Spinal Association beginning in January 2023 following her 2022 appointment to their Board.[16][17]

Two decades following the publication of Miracles Happen, Ellison authored and published her second book, Look Both Ways in 2021.[18][19]

Ellison died at Stony Brook University Hospital on February 4, 2024, at the age of 45.[17][20]

Books

  • Ellison, Brooke and Jean Ellison (2012). Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey. New York: Hyperion Press. ISBN 0-7868-6770-1.
  • Ellison, Brooke (2021). Look Both Ways. Adaptation Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7373389-1-8.

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Sam (February 9, 2024). "Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45". The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Vizas, Cecily (February 6, 2024). "SBU Associate Professor Brooke Ellison Dies at 45". Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  3. ^ "In Memoriam: Brooke Ellison, Ph.D." Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "One Woman's Fight for Human Lives: An Interview with Brooke Ellison". AmericanProgress.org. Center for American Progress. Retrieved May 9, 2007.
  5. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (May 17, 2000). "QUADRIPLEGIC ABOUT TO BECOME GRAD OF HARVARD". OrlandoSentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel.
  6. ^ "Stony Brook University Bioethics Department". Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2014.
  7. ^ "Look Both Ways". Look Both Ways.
  8. ^ Roberts, Sam (February 9, 2024). "Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Brooke Ellison Biography". Biography.com. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  10. ^ Ellison, Brooke; Ellison, Jean (January 9, 2002). Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey. Hyperion Books. ISBN 978-0-7868-6770-7. OL 8143091M. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (October 25, 2004). "Getting to Harvard, With Mom and a Wheelchair". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2004.
  12. ^ Lambert, Bruce (October 20, 2006). "Paralyzed, 28, and Aiming for the State Senate". The New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2006.
  13. ^ "Genetics Policy Institute : Strategic Advisory Board". GenPol.org. Regenerative Medicine Foundation. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  14. ^ Jones, Bart (August 19, 2018). "Pioneering quadriplegic encourages students to overcome obstacles". Newsday. Archived from the original (web.archive.org) on November 30, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  15. ^ "Boston Film Festival Winners". Archived from the original on May 14, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  16. ^ "Our Leadership".
  17. ^ a b Quinn, Monica (February 5, 2024). "United Spinal Association Mourns the Loss of Brooke Ellison". United Spinal Association. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  18. ^ Ellison, Brooke (August 15, 2021). Look Both Ways. Adaptation Publishing. ISBN 978-1-7373389-1-8.
  19. ^ "#1765: Brooke Ellison on 'Look Both Ways'". 51%. WAMC.
  20. ^ Spangler, Nicholas (February 5, 2024). "Brooke Ellison, Stony Brook University bioethicist, stem cell advocate, has died". Newsday. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
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