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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Patients Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Patients Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / People with Disabilities Football players Football players United States Biography Gleason, Steve 1977- Gleason, Steve 1977- Health Health Sclérose latérale amyotrophique Patients Biographies United StatesMurphy, Fiona
Summary: I am still unlearning the habit of secrecy. And yet, whenever somebody discovers that I am deaf, my body still reacts with churning terror. How do you build up a sense of robust pride when your body has taught itself to be fearful? Fiona Murphy's memoir about being deaf is a revelation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Text Publishing 2021
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Summary: "In 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date. His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024