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An invincible spirit : the Don Fulk story / as signed to Janet Allen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Allen, Janet (Janet Anne), 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fulk, Don, 1942-1998.
- Fulk, Don.
- Deaf people--United States--Biography.
- Deaf people.
- People with quadriplegia--United States--Biography.
- People with quadriplegia.
- Deaf people--Institutional care--United States.
- People with quadriplegia--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (159 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Gallaudet University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Profoundly deafened as an infant, Don Fulk didnt learn his name or go to school until the age of ten. At the age of 18 and a budding superstar on his football and basketball teams he broke his neck and was confined to a bed for eight years.When his family could no longer care for him, he spend nine years in a nursing home where he suffered from abuse and neglect. Yet though life marred by frustration and isolation, Don endured the courage, tenacity and wit"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- D-O-N
- Communication
- The School for the Deaf
- Oklahoma
- Forever changed
- Soul searching
- New home-new challenges
- Independence
- Betty
- Chincoteague
- Learning to live
- The van
- Wedding day
- Woody
- The zoo
- The search
- To be free.
- Notes:
- "Fulks is telling his own story, but its "as told to" Allen"-- Email from publisher.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781944838485
- 1944838481
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