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We all will miss Brian and all he contributed, it was a short but effective life helping others while taking time to enjoy.
It was a joy and a privilege to have known him.
In case you don't have access, I have pasted the Wash Post article below:
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Brian Miller, whose blindness inspired a career helping disabled students, dies of covid-19
Brian R. Miller, who was blind and worked to help students with disabilities, died at age 52 on April 13, 2020, of complications of covid-19. He is shown on a visit to Oman. (Family photo)
By
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/hannah-natanson/> Hannah Natanson
April 14, 2020 at 7:39 p.m. EDT
With high school graduation just weeks away, Brian R. Miller’s science teacher delivered a stark message to Miller’s mother: Her son had failed to finish his microscope work. He was going to flunk science.
“ ‘His microscope work?’ ” Miller’s mother, Jane McGinnis, repeated, disbelieving. “What do you mean ‘his microscope work’? He’s blind!”
Miller was born with defective retinas, McGinnis said, and could barely see large text inches from his face, let alone cellular details. But as a public-school student in California in the 1970s and 1980s — among the first wave of blind students to sit in classrooms alongside the sighted — Miller had vowed that his disability would not hold him back.
Unable to see what teachers were writing on the board, Miller memorized the content of every lesson beforehand, his mother said. That way, when called on, her son could give answers just like his peers.
“I am sure there were times when he was frustrated,” McGinnis said, “but there was nothing that would stop him from doing anything he wanted to. He just did it.”
That determination led to a career with the U.S. Education Department’s Rehabilitation Services Administration — where he helped students with disabilities like his — and to a rich and busy life filled with friends and travel. Both were cut short Monday when Miller, who lived in Alexandria, died of complications of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus <https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/28/what-you-need-know-about-coronavirus/?tid=lk_inline_manual_9&itid=lk_inline_manual_9> . He was 52 and otherwise healthy, his mother said.
Miller started having symptoms, including a fever and cough, in mid-March, shortly after returning from a trip to Jordan that was curtailed by the virus. Miller’s doctor at first told him to hunker down and wait out the illness at home, but his condition kept deteriorating, his mother said. He entered the hospital March 28, was put on a ventilator the next day and died Monday after he began bleeding internally and suffered organ failure.
In the hours since, tributes from Miller’s friends and colleagues have flooded Facebook and McGinnis’s phone, she said. Everyone is eager to tell her how many lives Miller shaped, how many blind students her son uplifted.
On Tuesday morning, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos phoned McGinnis to offer her condolences and to thank her for Miller’s service.
In a message to department staff, Miller’s direct supervisor, Carol Dobak, praised his lifetime spent in service of those with disabilities.
“Brian believed strongly in the capacity of individuals with disabilities to engage in all aspects of life,” Dobak wrote, “and his own life was a reflection of this philosophy.”
That started in grade school, McGinnis said, when she and her son confronted a system ill-equipped to serve the blind. She remembers endless battles to secure accommodations her son needed: extra-large computer screens, special TVs, books in Braille. She remembers, too, his listening to audiobooks late into the night, and his unwavering love of learning — especially history.
“All during school, they seemed to feel, ‘Why would a blind person need a degree?’ ” McGinnis said. “His thought, of course, was that he needs it even more.”
Miller in high school. His work with the U.S. Education Department helping students with disabilities was inspired by his own experience as a blind student. (Family photo)
Despite the science teacher’s worry, Miller graduated from high school, earned a degree in political science from San Diego State University and got a master’s and a PhD in history from the University of Iowa.
McGinnis keeps a blue, bound copy of her son’s 471-page dissertation, “Speaking for Themselves: The Blind Civil Rights Movement and the Battle for the Iowa Braille School,” on a living room coffee table in her Michigan home. As she used to tell her son: It’s too heavy to hang on the refrigerator.
Despite Miller’s eventual academic success, he never forgot his earlier struggles. That’s why he wanted to work for the Education Department, his mother said.
“Some of the programs we were petitioning,” she said, “are now the very programs he was overseeing in his position with the department.”
An avid singer since high school, he joined the a cappella group the Alexandria Harmonizers, performing in places including Scotland, China and Normandy. And he traveled as often as he could. He was fluent in four languages, including Spanish, Russian and German, and tried to visit five new countries each year. He made lists of every place he traveled, every airline he flew and every famous site he saw. He hoped eventually to set foot in more than 100 countries; by the time he died, he had visited at least 65 countries on six continents, he wrote online.
Miller, who loved traveling, wrote that it was impossible to visit every place worth visiting in just one lifetime. (Family photo)
“Nothing would stop him,” McGinnis said, “except this stupid covid-19.”
Miller had recently launched a blog providing tips to other blind travelers <https://blindtravelersnetwork.org/author/brianrmiller/> . One article detailed must-have items: a spare white cane, Braille playing cards, a travel pack of wet wipes. In another, published April 13, he wrote of his desire to live “a good long life.”
“There are more places to visit than one can ever hope to get to in one lifetime,” he wrote. “Beyond the mountains are more mountains.”
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There is a nice article about him in the Washington Post:
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Brian Miller, whose blindness inspired a career helping disabled students, dies of covid-19
Brian R. Miller, who was blind and worked to help students with disabilities, died at age 52 on April 13, 2020, of complications of covid-19. He is shown on a visit to Oman. (Family photo)
By
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/hannah-natanson/> Hannah Natanson
April 14, 2020 at 7:39 p.m. EDT
With high school graduation just weeks away, Brian R. Miller’s science teacher delivered a stark message to Miller’s mother: Her son had failed to finish his microscope work. He was going to flunk science.
“ ‘His microscope work?’ ” Miller’s mother, Jane McGinnis, repeated, disbelieving. “What do you mean ‘his microscope work’? He’s blind!”
Miller was born with defective retinas, McGinnis said, and could barely see large text inches from his face, let alone cellular details. But as a public-school student in California in the 1970s and 1980s — among the first wave of blind students to sit in classrooms alongside the sighted — Miller had vowed that his disability would not hold him back.
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Unable to see what teachers were writing on the board, Miller memorized the content of every lesson beforehand, his mother said. That way, when called on, her son could give answers just like his peers.
“I am sure there were times when he was frustrated,” McGinnis said, “but there was nothing that would stop him from doing anything he wanted to. He just did it.”
That determination led to a career with the U.S. Education Department’s Rehabilitation Services Administration — where he helped students with disabilities like his — and to a rich and busy life filled with friends and travel. Both were cutshort Monday when Miller, who lived in Alexandria, died of complications of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel <https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/28/what-you-need-know-about-coronavirus/?tid=lk_inline_manual_9&itid=lk_inline_manual_9> coronavirus. He was 52 and otherwise healthy, his mother said.
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Miller started having symptoms, including a fever and cough, in mid-March, shortly after returning from a trip to Jordan that was curtailed by the virus. Miller’s doctor at first told him to hunker down and wait out the illness at home, but his condition kept deteriorating, his mother said. He entered the hospital March 28, was put on a ventilator the next day and died Monday after he began bleeding internally and suffered organ failure.
In the hours since, tributes from Miller’s friends and colleagues have flooded Facebook and McGinnis’s phone, she said. Everyone is eager to tell her how many lives Miller shaped, how many blind students her son uplifted.
On Tuesday morning, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos phoned McGinnis to offer her condolences and to thank her for Miller’s service.
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In a message to department staff, Miller’s direct supervisor, Carol Dobak, praised his lifetime spent in service of those with disabilities.
“Brian believed strongly in the capacity of individuals with disabilities to engage in all aspects of life,” Dobak wrote, “and his own life was a reflection of this philosophy.”
That started in grade school, McGinnis said, when she and her son confronted a system ill-equipped to serve the blind. She remembers endless battles to secure accommodations her son needed: extra-large computer screens, special TVs, books in Braille. She remembers, too, his listening to audiobooks late into the night, and his unwavering love of learning — especially history.
“All during school, they seemed to feel, ‘Why would a blind person need a degree?’ ” McGinnis said. “His thought, of course, was that he needs it even more.”
Despite the science teacher’s worry, Miller graduated from high school, earned a degree in political science from San Diego State University and got a master’s and a PhD in history from the University of Iowa.
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McGinnis keeps a blue, bound copy of her son’s 471-page dissertation, “Speaking for Themselves: The Blind Civil Rights Movement and the Battle for the Iowa Braille School,” on a living room coffee table in her Michigan home. As she used to tell her son: It’s too heavy to hang on the refrigerator.
Despite Miller’s eventual academic success, he never forgot his earlier struggles. That’s why he wanted to work for the Education Department, his mother said.
“Some of the programs we were petitioning,” she said, “are now the very programs he was overseeing in his position with the department.”
An avid singer since high school, he joined the a cappella group the Alexandria Harmonizers, performing in places including Scotland, China and Normandy. And he traveled as often as he could. He was fluent in four languages, including Spanish, Russian and German, and tried to visit five new countries each year. He made lists of every place he traveled, every airline he flew and every famous site he saw. He hoped eventually to set foot in more than 100 countries; by the time he died, he had visited at least 65 countries on six continents, he wrote online.
“Nothing would stop him,” McGinnis said, “except this stupid covid-19.”
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Miller had recently launched <https://blindtravelersnetwork.org/author/brianrmiller/> a blog providing tips to other blind travelers. One article detailed must-have items: a spare white cane, Braille playing cards, a travel pack of wet wipes. In another, published April 13, he wrote of his desire to live “a good long life.”
“There are more places to visit than one can ever hope to get to in one lifetime,” he wrote. “Beyond the mountains are more mountains.”
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Greetings Paul,
I am so sorry to hear this.
Thank you for sharing this unfortunate news.
From: blkteachmd at aol.com <mailto:blkteachmd at aol.com> [mailto:blkteachmd at aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 10:20 AM
To: Sharma, Anu C. <acsharma at wmata.com <mailto:acsharma at wmata.com> >; elarsy at hotmail.com <mailto:elarsy at hotmail.com> ; darnise.bush at dc.gov <mailto:darnise.bush at dc.gov> ; fcalabia36 at gmail.com <mailto:fcalabia36 at gmail.com> ; coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com <mailto:coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com> ; ccrawford at rcn.com <mailto:ccrawford at rcn.com> ; rdancy82 at gmail.com <mailto:rdancy82 at gmail.com> ; melanie.jackson at ymail.com <mailto:melanie.jackson at ymail.com> ; zzask at yahoo.com <mailto:zzask at yahoo.com> ; mkm1mary at yahoo.com <mailto:mkm1mary at yahoo.com> ; pkmezile at rcn.com <mailto:pkmezile at rcn.com> ; anthony.oberg at gmail.com <mailto:anthony.oberg at gmail.com> ; pposner at comcast.net <mailto:pposner at comcast.net> ; DorisR at ecnv.org <mailto:DorisR at ecnv.org> ; drush at steptoe.com <mailto:drush at steptoe.com> ; Patrick, Sheehan <pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net <mailto:pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net> >; kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com <mailto:kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com> ; colesve at comcast.net <mailto:colesve at comcast.net>
Cc: Blake, Christiaan P. <cblake at wmata.com <mailto:cblake at wmata.com> >; Hill, Kiano A. <KAHill1 at wmata.com <mailto:KAHill1 at wmata.com> >; Lopez, Carol P. <cplopez at wmata.com <mailto:cplopez at wmata.com> >; Anderson, Allison M. <amanderson at wmata.com <mailto:amanderson at wmata.com> >; blkteachmd at aol.com <mailto:blkteachmd at aol.com>
Subject: <External>Former AAC member passing notification
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Dear AAC members and Metro Staff:
I just wanted to announce to you if some of you have not already heard in the news, Brian Miller the former BRS Chair a few years ago, died this week of complications from Covid -19! He was a true advocate for people with disabilities, especially the visually impaired community and was a very active former member of the AAC. FYI.
Thank you.
Paul Semelfort
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From: Sharma, Anu C. <acsharma at wmata.com <mailto:acsharma at wmata.com> >
To: elarsy at hotmail.com <mailto:elarsy at hotmail.com> <elarsy at hotmail.com <mailto:elarsy at hotmail.com> >; darnise.bush at dc.gov <mailto:darnise.bush at dc.gov> <darnise.bush at dc.gov <mailto:darnise.bush at dc.gov> >; fcalabia36 at gmail.com <mailto:fcalabia36 at gmail.com> <fcalabia36 at gmail.com <mailto:fcalabia36 at gmail.com> >; coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com <mailto:coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com> <coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com <mailto:coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com> >; Charles Crawford <ccrawford at rcn.com <mailto:ccrawford at rcn.com> >; Rico Dancy <rdancy82 at gmail.com <mailto:rdancy82 at gmail.com> >; melanie.jackson at ymail.com <mailto:melanie.jackson at ymail.com> <melanie.jackson at ymail.com <mailto:melanie.jackson at ymail.com> >; zzask at yahoo.com <mailto:zzask at yahoo.com> <zzask at yahoo.com <mailto:zzask at yahoo.com> >; mkm1mary at yahoo.com <mailto:mkm1mary at yahoo.com> <mkm1mary at yahoo.com <mailto:mkm1mary at yahoo.com> >; pkmezile at rcn.com <mailto:pkmezile at rcn.com> <pkmezile at rcn.com <mailto:pkmezile at rcn.com> >; Anthony Oberg <anthony.oberg at gmail.com <mailto:anthony.oberg at gmail.com> >; pposner at comcast.net <mailto:pposner at comcast.net> <pposner at comcast.net <mailto:pposner at comcast.net> >; DorisR at ecnv.org <mailto:DorisR at ecnv.org> <DorisR at ecnv.org <mailto:DorisR at ecnv.org> >; drush at steptoe.com <mailto:drush at steptoe.com> <drush at steptoe.com <mailto:drush at steptoe.com> >; blkteachmd at aol.com <mailto:blkteachmd at aol.com> <blkteachmd at aol.com <mailto:blkteachmd at aol.com> >; Patrick, Sheehan <pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net <mailto:pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net> >; kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com <mailto:kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com> <kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com <mailto:kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com> >; Vanessa <colesve at comcast.net <mailto:colesve at comcast.net> >; Patrick, Sheehan <pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net <mailto:pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net> >
Cc: Blake, Christiaan P. <cblake at wmata.com <mailto:cblake at wmata.com> >; Hill, Kiano A. <KAHill1 at wmata.com <mailto:KAHill1 at wmata.com> >; Lopez, Carol P. <cplopez at wmata.com <mailto:cplopez at wmata.com> >
Sent: Fri, Apr 3, 2020 8:30 am
Subject: RE: AAC Meeting Materials: April 2020
Good morning AAC Members,
Please find attached the Board Report draft for approval on Monday, April 6, 2020.
Sincerely,
Anu
From: Sharma, Anu C.
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 11:49 AM
To: elarsy at hotmail.com <mailto:elarsy at hotmail.com> ; darnise.bush at dc.gov <mailto:darnise.bush at dc.gov> ; fcalabia36 at gmail.com <mailto:fcalabia36 at gmail.com> ; coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com <mailto:coneyshomesolutions at gmail.com> ; Charles Crawford <ccrawford at rcn.com <mailto:ccrawford at rcn.com> >; Rico Dancy <rdancy82 at gmail.com <mailto:rdancy82 at gmail.com> >; melanie.jackson at ymail.com <mailto:melanie.jackson at ymail.com> ; zzask at yahoo.com <mailto:zzask at yahoo.com> ; mkm1mary at yahoo.com <mailto:mkm1mary at yahoo.com> ; pkmezile at rcn.com <mailto:pkmezile at rcn.com> ; Anthony Oberg <anthony.oberg at gmail.com <mailto:anthony.oberg at gmail.com> >; pposner at comcast.net <mailto:pposner at comcast.net> ; DorisR at ecnv.org <mailto:DorisR at ecnv.org> ; drush at steptoe.com <mailto:drush at steptoe.com> ; blkteachmd at aol.com <mailto:blkteachmd at aol.com> ; Patrick, Sheehan <pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net <mailto:pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net> >; kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com <mailto:kelley.simoneaux at gmail.com> ; Vanessa <colesve at comcast.net <mailto:colesve at comcast.net> >; Patrick, Sheehan <pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net <mailto:pat.sheehan1 at verizon.net> >
Cc: Blake, Christiaan P. <cblake at wmata.com <mailto:cblake at wmata.com> >; Hill, Kiano A. <KAHill1 at wmata.com <mailto:KAHill1 at wmata.com> >; Lopez, Carol P. <cplopez at wmata.com <mailto:cplopez at wmata.com> >
Subject: AAC Meeting Materials: April 2020
Good Morning AAC Members,
The AAC Meeting will be held virtually on April 6, 2020. Members can join the video conference and/or teleconference call. Information about it will be provided in a separate email.
The Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) meeting materials for the month of April 2020 are available for download. To access the meeting materials please click <https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wmata.com%2Fabout%2Faccessibility-advisory-committee%2FAAC-Review.cfm&data=02%7C01%7Ccblake%40wmata.com%7C7a6d6268866b422992f508d7e1481b4f%7Cad5836f40d7443cd83c57e69eaa67915%7C0%7C0%7C637225572137470533&sdata=nef5Z9lzVX01SIDE4ES5adFYMmBnGob3a%2FmnoseYZWE%3D&reserved=0> AAC Meeting Materials . You will be directed to a page on Metro’s website using Internet Explorer, where the materials can be accessed and downloaded at your convenience.
Any documents/reports not available on the website at this time, may be posted by Monday, April 6th, 2020.
Should you have any questions or difficulties accessing the documents, please contact me via email or at 202-962-1934.
Sincerely,
Anu
ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE COORDINATOR
DEPARTMENT OF ACCESS SERVICES/OFFICE OF ADA POLICY & PLANNING
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
600 5th Street N.W. Suite 7A-01C
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 962 - 1934
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