An invincible spirit : the story of Don Fulk /

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"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 spen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Fulk, Don, 1942-1998 (Autor), Allen, Janet (Janet Anne), 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Fulk, Don, > 1942-1998.
Deaf > United States > Biography.
Quadriplegics > United States > Biography.
Deaf > Institutional care > United States.
Quadriplegics > Rehabilitation > United States.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Tétraplégiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
Personnes sourdes > Soins en institutions > États-Unis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Deaf
Deaf > Institutional care
Quadriplegics
Quadriplegics > Rehabilitation
United States
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Notas:"Fulks is telling his own story, but its "as told to" Allen"--Email from publisher
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 143 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9781944838485
1944838481

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