The Squeaky Wheel: An Unauthorized Autobiography
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memoir, Hawai‘i, disability
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What if someone walked into surgery and awoke quadriplegic never having been warned of this risk? What if they not only survived but also endured the horrors of this disability with hope and humor? What if they returned to school, earned a Master’s degree in theater and then a law degree and got married? What if they wrote a funny and tearful book about it and created a new business model to market the story? Brian Shaughnessy did. This is an excerpt from his 2005 memoir.
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Brian Shaughnessy
Brian Shaughnessy graduated from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai‘i in 1999. In the same year, Brian married his wife, Amy, and has since been an attorney, public speaker, Director of Special Education litigation and instruction at the Disability Rights Legal Center at Loyola Marymount School of Law and a writer. Brian has just signed an option contract for the movie rights to the Squeaky Wheel, which can be purchased at www.squeakywheelbook.com, Amazon, and other on-line as well as physical edifices that tender books. At Brian’s web page you can buy the book, participate in his unique promo-plan (which awards PRIZES!), get other “Squeaky” merchandise and support others with disabilities in their legal and artistic endeavors. Brian considers his most important job to be father to his five-year-old son – Amadeus Yun Chi Shaughnessy.