Featured Stories
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Kurt Sipolski – The Story of Iris [Read Kurt's Tribute to his Mother] |
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Joyce Ward – As with any condition or event there are benefits. I have learned that people are extremely kind and helpful to the disabled. [Read Joyce's Story] |
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Lorraine Hartik – I hear Sister Kenny’s words still ringing in my head: “You can and will walk.” So I am, as long as I can, with minimal assistance, and a positive outlook. [Read Lorraine's Story] |
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Michael Kossove – I think of this as just “a little inconvenience,” and I have to be the luckiest guy in the world that I was not disabled all of this time. [Read Michael's Story] |
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John Bryan – ‘I have been told many times that I am a classic, very strong Type-A personality. I have taken everything in life as a challenge, proving to myself and others that I could do the same things as everyone else. ‘ [Read John's Story] |
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Ella Gaffney – ‘It is great to connect with other survivors around the world and be able to share with and learn their stories.’ [Read Ella's Story] |
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Leslie Smith – ‘PolioToday is a great resource for us as polio survivors.’ [Watch Leslie's Video] |
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Ann Hazard – ‘It took about a decade for me to finally put the PPS puzzle together.’ [Read Ann's Story] |
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Jo Anne Brooks – ‘I do everything that you do, I just do it a little bit different.’ [Watch Jo Anne's Story] |
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Cilla Webster – ‘I choose to be proactive and make the most of what life has given me.’ [Read Cilla's Story] |
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Paula Lambert – ‘If I had one wish in my lifetime, it would be for advanced polio study and research to help myself and others.’ [Watch Paula's Video] |
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Shirley Morganstein – The polio mentality was ‘be the best possible at whatever you do.’ It really isn’t overachieving. It was survival. [Watch Shirley's Video] |
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Mary McManus – Finds New Path in Life Through Poetry [Read Mary's Story] |
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Sue Peeters – Sue Peeters shares her story of finding the San Francisco Bay Area Polio Survivor group. [View Sue's Video] |
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Jim Donovan – ‘Stem Cells Is The Way To Go’ [Read Jim's Story] |
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Rick Van Der Linden – Managing Post-Polio Syndrome [Read Rick's Story] |
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Otholyn “Bunny” Smith – Letting Family and Friends Help [Read Bunny's Story] |
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Gladys Swensrud – Living with a Disease of Exclusion [Read Gladys's Story] |
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Dr. Lauro Halstead – One of the last remaining doctors in America with a specialty in treating people with polio. One reason for his interest: He had polio, too. He’s past retirement age, but the number of aging patients who want to see him is growing. [Click to listen to the story>>] |
UCLA Neurologist Dr. Susan Perlman answers your PPS-related questions. She has been diagnosing and helping to treat PPS patients for more than 25 years.
Cilla Webster (South Africa)::
