The Spastics Guide to Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n'Roll...and Realization

Born with cerebral palsy and an artist’s eye, mind and memory for his surroundings, Ed’s story starts in the ‘40s in the Industrial Home for Crippled Children, a fading remnant of the Victorian Era, where he was a resident from the age of three to six years old. It is a first step in a journey that sweeps you along like white-water rapids with Twainian adventures spanning the religious to the ridiculous in both familiar and unfamiliar locales. This the latest edition of the “Great American Boot-Strap Story”, with Rock and Roll playing in the background. It is a tale of steely determination being forged in the fires of major life upheavals and seemingly insurmountable obstacles; with three failures for every small taste of success. It is a success earned through daily physical therapy and bullies preying on his perceived weaknesses. Ed’s writing was honed through thirty-two years of teaching special education and decades of writing, recording and performing his own songs. This is an audacious undertaking, the first of a three-part autobiography of a life worth living. The magic of this story is that it is Everyman’s, yet compellingly different. Fasten your seatbelt for a roller-coaster ride through human emotion, determination and ultimate victory over physical limitations, social barriers, and prejudices.