“Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans.”
– John Lennon

Injury and Rehabilitation

In Oceanside Community Hospital—February 1971
Photo by Leonard Kunken

Ken’s hospital room in Oceanside—1971
Photo by Leonard Kunken

Ken in prevocational therapy—1971
Photo by Don Hightower

Rusk Institute – 1971
Photo by Don Hightower

Ken testifying at the Senate Health Subcommittee hearing—April 15, 1971
Photo by Arscott

Senator Edward Kennedy, Ken, Senator Peter Dominick, and Ken’s father—April 15, 1971
Photo by Arscott

The letter and glass paperweight from Senator Kennedy—April 1971

Ken operating his electric wheelchair with Meryl by his side—1971
Photo by Leonard Kunken