Lora Duguay, Painter, Tells Her Story
“All my life I had been very independent and now I was given a wheelchair, a leg brace, and all kinds of meds. Feeling like I was in a hole all by myself, trying to dig myself out, I threw myself into my art and I just started painting.” Lora Duguay
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
Please doctor, look at my X-Ray, look at my medical history, look at ME.
“My stomach aches every time I fill out a medical history form. Bypassing the long list of chronic conditions, I go straight to ‘Other’ and add Polio. Susan LoTempio
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
A Special Big Brother, Shirley Temple and the President
Josephine (Briggs) Gross was born in Deadwood, South Dakota…. She was diagnosed with Polio at the age of 4, and remembers very little of it, however does not feel as though she suffered with it very badly while she was sick.
Building a Life
As an active 10 year old, living in a tight knit community in East Detroit, Roger enjoyed the summer of 1947 playing with his friends in the neighborhood. Soon the summer fun came to a harsh end with the spread of polio.