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An invincible spirit : the Don Fulk story / as signed to Janet Allen.

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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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