TY - BOOK AU - Fulk,Don AU - Allen,Janet TI - An invincible spirit: the story of Don Fulk SN - 9781944838485 AV - HV2534.F85 A3 2019eb U1 - 305.9/08092 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Washington, DC PB - Gallaudet University Press KW - Fulk, Don, KW - Deaf people KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Quadriplegics KW - Institutional care KW - Rehabilitation KW - Personnes sourdes KW - États-Unis KW - Biographies KW - Tétraplégiques KW - Soins en institutions KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Social Scientists & Psychologists KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Discrimination & Race Relations KW - Minority Studies KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General KW - Deaf KW - fast N1 - "Fulks is telling his own story, but its "as told to" Allen"--Email from publisher; 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2042428 ER -