Featured Stories

Ann Hazard Ann Hazard – ‘It took about a decade for me to finally put the PPS puzzle together.’
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Joanne Brooks Jo Anne Brooks – ‘I do everything that you do, I just do it a little bit different.’
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Cilla Webster Cilla Webster – ‘I choose to be proactive and make the most of what life has given me.’
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Paula Lambert Paula Lambert – ‘If I had one wish in my lifetime, it would be for advanced polio study and research to help myself and others.’
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Shirley Morganstein Shirley Morganstein – The polio mentality was ‘be the best possible at whatever you do.’ It really isn’t overachieving. It was survival.
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Mary McManus Mary McManus – Finds New Path in Life Through Poetry
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Jim Donovan Jim Donovan – ‘Stem Cells Is The Way To Go’
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Rick Van Der Linden Rick Van Der Linden – Managing Post-Polio Syndrome
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Otholyn Otholyn “Bunny” Smith – Letting Family and Friends Help
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Gladys Swensrud Gladys Swensrud – Living with a Disease of Exclusion
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Lauro Halstead 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.
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