Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45

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By Sam Roberts from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Elna3di
via IFTTT Disabilities, Deaths (Obituaries), Paralysis One of the first quadriplegic Harvard graduates, she became an author, professor and powerful voice for disabled people.

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