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Someone Like Me: An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph Over Cerebral Palsy
by
John W. Quinn (Goodreads Author)
As a child, John Quinn had a dream of a naval career despite his affliction with cerebral palsy.After failing the physical exam, he underwent painful, self applied physical therapy for one year then successfully passed a second exam. He kept his cerebral palsy a secret from the record- keepers and medical authorities for 20 years. He had a distinguished and highly decorate...more
Paperback, 220 pages
Published
April 15th 2010
by History Publishing Co LLC
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In what amounts to a tell-all-expose John Quinn describes his life for us all to read about... and what a story!
Growing up a cop's son in Detroit, Quinn was one of three of seven siblings that were born with a medical disorder - in his case cerebral palsy. His parents treated John and his affliction like a normal kid. His Dad knew life would be hard and so gave John the mental tools to deal with his future.
Quinn wrestled his way through high school while wrestling on how to fulfill his dream of...more
Growing up a cop's son in Detroit, Quinn was one of three of seven siblings that were born with a medical disorder - in his case cerebral palsy. His parents treated John and his affliction like a normal kid. His Dad knew life would be hard and so gave John the mental tools to deal with his future.
Quinn wrestled his way through high school while wrestling on how to fulfill his dream of...more
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Ultimate testimony to the power of perception and self determination!, January 27, 2012
Someone Like Me describes John's journey in life with Cerebral Palsy and his unbelievable self determination in life to succeed, and be accepted. John never gives up, and describes how he gets himself through high school, wrestling for 5 years and never winning, getting in and surviving 20+ years in the U.S. Military, and life's tragedies all while he is hiding his disability. Well written and engaging.
Thank y...more
Someone Like Me describes John's journey in life with Cerebral Palsy and his unbelievable self determination in life to succeed, and be accepted. John never gives up, and describes how he gets himself through high school, wrestling for 5 years and never winning, getting in and surviving 20+ years in the U.S. Military, and life's tragedies all while he is hiding his disability. Well written and engaging.
Thank y...more
I am copying what my review was that I wrote and submitted at Amazon-
I ran across John and the mention of his book on twitter of all places. He having been a career Navy and an officer it of course spiked my interest, as my own son is also career Navy. That was right about 3 months before his book was due to be published in August of 2010. I followed John on twitter, then we "friended up" later on, on Facebook. I was able to finally get my copy at a bookstore in Fargo, North Dakota, just blocks...more
I ran across John and the mention of his book on twitter of all places. He having been a career Navy and an officer it of course spiked my interest, as my own son is also career Navy. That was right about 3 months before his book was due to be published in August of 2010. I followed John on twitter, then we "friended up" later on, on Facebook. I was able to finally get my copy at a bookstore in Fargo, North Dakota, just blocks...more
Some people sit back and let life happen to them, while others take a stand and work on creating the lives they want to live. John W. Quinn clearly and unequivocally belongs to the latter group.
In his memoir, “Someone Like Me,” subtitled “An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph over Cerebral Palsy,” Quinn shows the world just how hard he was willing to work to pursue his dream of a naval career. John was born in Garden City, MI and raised in a fun, lively household alongside of his 8 siblings...more
In his memoir, “Someone Like Me,” subtitled “An Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph over Cerebral Palsy,” Quinn shows the world just how hard he was willing to work to pursue his dream of a naval career. John was born in Garden City, MI and raised in a fun, lively household alongside of his 8 siblings...more
This is the story of John Quinn. He is a wonderful author and his story is one of conquering huge obstacles, and really not taking no for an answer. His is an incredibly motivating story living with Cerebral Palsy, and following his dream to be in the Navy. If you need some inspiration, this is the book. Excellent, excellent read.
A wonderful book. I want to meet this guy. Here's a guy with cerebral palsy and he decides he wants to go to boot camp and become a sailor. Not only does he, but he makes a career out of it. Other issues in his life make you think he'd have quit long ago, but no. He is the energizer bunny.
I absolutely loved this book. With the help of Twitter, I was in contact with Mr. Quinn even before I was done reading it. As a someone who has cerebral palsy, it was a blessing and truly on honor to read this book. I related to a good portion of it.
An autobiography of someone who has Cerebral Palsy (CP)? As someone who has Cerebral Palsy, I was quite glad to find out about this book. Since CP is pretty much different in every person, the author's experiences don't exactly match mine, but there's a lot that's close.
Since there's precious little out there about adults with CP or CP in books, I'm very happy about the book. That said, the writing isn't the strongest and there's parts of the story that drag.
All told, I'd rate it somewhere arou...more
Since there's precious little out there about adults with CP or CP in books, I'm very happy about the book. That said, the writing isn't the strongest and there's parts of the story that drag.
All told, I'd rate it somewhere arou...more
Recommended by someone who understands, this was a wonderful profile of courage and inspiration.
I really enjoyed the honesty of this book.
I could relate to this book since I have a older son with "borderline" cerebral palsy and I was a Navy wife. Plus years later when I was going through breast cancer treatment my youngest who has ADHD was in marine boot camp at the same time my treatments started. This is a very inspiring book and an amazing story how John dealt with his cerebral palsy and how he became a Navy Officer!
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John W. Quinn was born in Detroit, Michigan on 18 April 1962. One of eight children, he joined the Navy in January 1982 specializing in administration. Throughout his distinguished twenty-year career, he has sailed around the world on carriers, battleships and destroyers, and is a plank owner of SEAL Team THREE. His numerous military decorations include four Navy Commendation Medals, Joint Service...more
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