| Subject |
Fulk, Don, 1942-1998
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Deaf -- United States -- Biography
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Quadriplegics -- United States -- Biography
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Deaf -- Institutional care -- United States
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Quadriplegics -- Rehabilitation -- United States
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| Add'l Author |
Allen, Janet (Janet Anne), 1958- author
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| Description |
xi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
ISLR-Interpreting/Sign Language Resources |
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"Fulks is telling his own story, but its "as told to" Allen"-- Email from publisher |
| 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 |
Keeping up -- 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 |
| ISBN |
9781944838478 (pbk.) |
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1944838473 |
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9781944838485 (ebk.) |
| OCLC # |
1080555234 |
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