Why Not? Conquering the Road Less Traveled

De: John Brown, Donna Brown

Narrado por: Pat Ballard

Don’t Be Afraid of Failing. In Failing There Is Learning.

Cerebral Palsy, a developmental disease impacting motor coordination, affects three out of 1,000 births. While medical intervention such as physical or speech therapy, ambulatory aides like wheelchairs or braces, help a child achieve a productive life, John Brown was determined that he would leave his mark on the world.

Born in the early '50s with a type of spastic CP impacting his gait and balance, but leaving his speech intact, John and his strong willed mother fought against the times’ conventional wisdom and doctors’ predictions that he would never walk. After an early childhood of repeated muscle lengthening surgeries and body braces, he insisted upon leaving a special education school to be mainstreamed in the Philadelphia Catholic, then public, school systems, and went on to play Catholic grade school football and developed a keen interest in high school wrestling and football.

After completing a degree in broadcast journalism, he embarked on a 44-year career as an award-winning Philadelphia radio disc jockey, traffic reporter, and meteorologist, retiring in October 2013. From the childhood specialists who viewed him as just another special needs child, to his first radio program director who called him a diamond in the rough, John was determined to be the best in his field and demonstrate that hard work, perseverance, and, some luck can help one trump the odds no matter the obstacles.

John’s is a story of the American spirit, how tears, determination, and true grit can get you to the top.

©2014 John Brown (P)2021 John Brown

Reseñas de la Crítica

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