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Looking on the bright side: Paralyzed woman recounts what it took to succeed

It took perhaps a second to change the rest of Brooke Ellison's life irrevocably. She was 11 years old when a car hit her on a busy street, paralyzing her from the neck down. It certainly limited her options, but she still got an education, got a degree from Harvard, and went on to become a professor herself.

She tells the story of keeping her eyes on her eyes on her goals in a new memoir, Look Both Ways. This is a follow-up to an earlier memoir that actor Christopher Reeve turned into a movie.

Brooke Ellison visits the JX to add detail to what she put in the book.

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.