Four days with Kenny Tedford : life through the eyes of a child trapped in a partially blind & deaf man's body / Paul Smith and Kenneth "Kenny" Lee Tedford, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Paul, 1967 July 3- author.

Tedford, Kenneth "Kenny" Lee, Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--United States--Biography.

Deaf people.

Deafblind people--United States--Biography.

Deafblind people.

Tedford, Kenny (Kenneth Lee), Jr.

Tedford, Kenny.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Place of Publication:

USA : Behler Publications, LLC, [2020]

Summary:

"Kenny Tedford is a charming combination of Helen Keller and Forrest Gump that includes deafness, blindness, an inability to speak clearly until the age of ten, and mental challenges that give him the same child-like innocence that made Gump so lovable. Despite his cognitive impairment, Kenny is a masterful storyteller; he is one of only two deaf people in the world with a master's degree in storytelling, which he earned at the age of fifty-five, almost half a century after being told by teachers and psychologists that he would never complete the third grade, and never work in any field other than menial labor"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

"Blue baby"

Dealing with bullies

The magical crayon

Back of the bus

Learning to talk

"When I grow up . . ."

First love

The Red Cross

Going to college

Angela

Putting the pieces together

Marty

Moving on

Graduation

Your own box of magic crayons.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-941887-03-1