Description |
1 online resource (xi, 143 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Note |
"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 |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Fulk, Don, 1942-1998.
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Deaf -- United States -- Biography.
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Deaf. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Quadriplegics -- United States -- Biography.
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Quadriplegics. |
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Deaf -- Institutional care -- United States.
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Deaf -- Institutional care. |
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Quadriplegics -- Rehabilitation -- United States.
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Quadriplegics -- Rehabilitation. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Added Author |
Allen, Janet (Janet Anne), 1958- author.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Fulk, Don, 1942-1998. Invincible spirit. Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2019] 9781944838478 (DLC) 2018042813 (OCoLC)1080555234 |
ISBN |
9781944838485 electronic book |
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1944838481 electronic book |
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9781944838478 |
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1944838473 |
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