Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
“During the 1970s, James McBride spent his college summers as a counselor at the Variety Club Camp for Handicapped Children in Worcester, PA. For many years afterwards, McBride remained in contact with the camp’s director and many of his campers. It makes sense that McBride would write a book that has characters who are living with a disability.” Pamela Sergey
I’m Able: A Woman’s Advice for Disability Change Agents
“My life was hard. It hasn’t been easy, but giving up wasn’t in my psyche so I soldiered on until I reached where I am today.” Sefakor G.M.A. Komabu-Pomeyie, PhD
Her “Funny” Foot was no Laughing Matter.
I am an “inapparent” (often referred to as ‘non-paralytic’) polio survivor with PPS. My post-polio journey was long, painful and truly confusing. There was diagnosis, frightening mis-diagnosis and an enormous amount of self-doubt. Carol Ferguson
Laura Vittorioso: In Our Own Words
"I was told as a young child by the physical therapists that I would have to work harder and be better, than those who were not disabled. 'The world doesn’t owe you a living' I was told.”
Basic Facts about PPS for Polio Survivors, Doctors, Family & Friends
Basic Facts about PPS for Polio Survivors' Doctors, Family and Friends by Richard L. Bruno, PhD
How Surviving Polio Has Impacted My Personality
Polio, which caused the asymmetrical freezing of my muscles, not only shaped my body, but also moulded my personality. A virus — something that itself exists on the border between being alive and dead — had the power to write the manuscript of my life.