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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fulk, Don, 1942-1998 (Author), Allen, Janet (Janet Anne), 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fulk, Don, > 1942-1998.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Quadriplegics > Rehabilitation.
Quadriplegics.
Deaf > Institutional care.
Deaf.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Personnes sourdes > Soins en institutions > États-Unis.
Tetraplegiques > États-Unis > Biographies.
Personnes sourdes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Quadriplegics > Rehabilitation > United States.
Deaf > Institutional care > United States.
Quadriplegics > United States > Biography.
Deaf > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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"--
Item Description:"Fulks is telling his own story, but its "as told to" Allen"--Email from publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (168 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781944838485

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