Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was OC both the worst and best thing that happenedOCO to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. He attended college and made wheelchair basketball his passionOCoultimately becoming a star athlete and playing on the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball Team. a In "Wheelchair Warrior, "Juette reconstructs the defining moments of his ...
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Melvin Juette has said that becoming paralyzed in a gang-related shooting was OC both the worst and best thing that happenedOCO to him. The incident, he believes, surely spared the then sixteen year-old African American from prison and/or an early death. It transformed him in other ways, too. He attended college and made wheelchair basketball his passionOCoultimately becoming a star athlete and playing on the U.S. National Wheelchair Basketball Team. a In "Wheelchair Warrior, "Juette reconstructs the defining moments of his life with the assistance of sociologist Ronald Berger. His poignant memoir is bracketed by BergerOCOs thoughtful introduction and conclusion, which places this narrative of race, class, masculinity and identity into proper sociological context, showing how larger social structural forces defined his experiences. While JuetteOCOs story never gives into despair, it does challenge the idea of the OC supercrip.OCO"
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