Trauma, Devastation, Recovery, Resiliency & Love: Look Both Ways

Resiliency Within · Mar 20, 2023 · 55m

After a nearly fatal run-in with a car at age 11 that left her paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe on her own, Brooke Ellison went on to graduate from Harvard, write a memoir, earn master's and doctoral degrees, and teach policy and ethics as a tenured professor—all the while navigating the world as a woman with ventilator-dependent quadriplegia. It would be easy to admire Brooke from afar—and keep our distance. Many of us are uncomfortable around people we consider "unfortunate." We tend to simultaneously avoid and heroize the disabled, thankful that we don't have to deal with…