Acknowledged a Man : Survivor of Assault in the YMCA
by Del Buono, BarbaraFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-04-01
Publisher(s): Ellingsworth Pr
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Summary
This is the story of a young man, brutally beaten about the head and dismissed by the medical establishment as a lost, pathetic cause. It is also the story of a young man severely brain injured and championed by his parents, siblings, friends and a group of outstanding professionals, who goes on to forge a life of inspiration and meaning. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xix |
| The Fateful Afternoon of June 25, 1977 | p. 1 |
| Life Is in the Hands of God | p. 11 |
| Family | p. 19 |
| A Heroic Battle to Live | p. 25 |
| Discovering a Dragon | p. 31 |
| The YMCA and Joseph Tramontano | p. 39 |
| Taking Time for Prayer | p. 45 |
| Nick Needs a New Home | p. 51 |
| Kimberly Hall | p. 59 |
| The Long, Hard Road to Consciousness | p. 65 |
| Begging for Rehabilitation | p. 77 |
| Coming Home for Visits | p. 83 |
| The People vs. Joseph Tramontano | p. 89 |
| The Rehabilitation Hospital | p. 99 |
| Return to Kimberly Hall | p. 107 |
| Advocating for Justice | p. 115 |
| A Finding of Guilt | p. 121 |
| The Sentencing of Joseph Tramontano | p. 125 |
| Family Counseling | p. 131 |
| Hunting for a Trial Lawyer | p. 139 |
| Permanent Injuries | p. 143 |
| Suing the YMCA | p. 155 |
| A Previous Assault at the YMCA | p. 161 |
| An Expert Witness in Recreational Facilities | p. 169 |
| The National YMCA | p. 173 |
| Those Precious Trademarks "YMCA" and "Y" | p. 183 |
| Leaving Kimberly Hall | p. 191 |
| The Convalarium | p. 201 |
| TBI: A Newly Recognized Disability | p. 211 |
| Surviving | p. 221 |
| What's Wrong with My Body? | p. 233 |
| A Threat from Title XIX | p. 241 |
| The Governor's Task Force on Brain Injury | p. 245 |
| Support Groups | p. 253 |
| Leaving the State Support Group | p. 259 |
| The Trial | p. 265 |
| Coming Home | p. 281 |
| Caring for Nick at Home | p. 287 |
| A Television Monitor | p. 289 |
| Hiring Aides | p. 289 |
| Daily Showers | p. 290 |
| Daytime Continence | p. 290 |
| Nighttime Incontinence | p. 291 |
| A Waterbed | p. 292 |
| A Long-leg Brace | p. 293 |
| Home Rehabilitation | p. 295 |
| Speech Therapy | p. 295 |
| Physical Therapy | p. 296 |
| Massage Therapy | p. 299 |
| Occupational Therapy | p. 299 |
| Neuropsychology | p. 299 |
| Operations: Gastrostomy and Tracheotomy | p. 301 |
| Cranioplasty | p. 302 |
| A Short-leg Plastic Brace | p. 303 |
| Myofascial Release | p. 305 |
| Association for the Blind | p. 309 |
| A Cocoon of Love | p. 311 |
| Dancing on the Dragon | p. 329 |
| Solving the Mystery of Angels and Devils | p. 335 |
| Epilogue | p. 347 |
| Appendix | p. 349 |
| Brain Injury Association, Inc. | p. 349 |
| State Brain Injury Associations Addresses and Telephone Numbers | p. 352 |
| Federal Programs That Help TBI Persons and Their Families | p. 362 |
| Medicaid (Title XIX) | p. 362 |
| States with Medicaid Waivers | p. 363 |
| Social Security | p. 366 |
| Medicare | p. 367 |
| Private and Charitable Organizations | p. 367 |
| The TBI Act-Prevention and Study | p. 368 |
| Glascow Coma Scale | p. 370 |
| Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning | p. 371 |
| Selective Reading List | p. 373 |
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