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Building a Life
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 10/11/16 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 10/11/16

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.

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My Polio Story is An Inconvenient Truth to Those Who Refuse Vaccines
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 8/15/16 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 8/15/16

My Polio Story is An Inconvenient Truth to Those Who Refuse Vaccines

In 1949, the year I was hit by the poliovirus, 42,000 cases of polio were reported in the United States and 2,720 people died, most of them children.

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“Living Life to the Fullest”
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 7/14/16 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 7/14/16

“Living Life to the Fullest”

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Polio - My Life in the US and Australia
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 5/9/16 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 5/9/16

Polio - My Life in the US and Australia

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Loving Joe
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 4/16/16 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 4/16/16

Loving Joe

“Are you handy?” I hear this question many, many times a day. Just to be clear, my husband Joe is not asking me if I am handy as in fixing a leaky faucet or assembling an Ikea book case. He already knows the answer to those questions.

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From Polio Patient to Polio Voice
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Daniel J. Wilson, PhD 3/9/16 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Daniel J. Wilson, PhD 3/9/16

From Polio Patient to Polio Voice

During that first year of the Salk vaccine, there was a shortage of polio vaccine in northern Wisconsin and they decided to give it only to children going to school. That was a good public health decision, but a bad one for me.

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Testimony of a Polio Survivor in México
Survivor Stories Polio Network 11/3/15 Survivor Stories Polio Network 11/3/15

Testimony of a Polio Survivor in México

I was one of many kids in the thousands of children who were brutally attacked by poliomyelitis during the epidemic outbreak of the virus between the years of 1951 and 1952 in México

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“Walking on Water”
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 9/8/15 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 9/8/15

“Walking on Water”

She never understood why she had Post-Polio Syndrome later in life. Marge never pitied herself and knew she could do anything she put her mind to.

Through all the ups and downs in her life Marge always had one word for herself, “blessed”.

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My Polio Story
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 7/6/15 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 7/6/15

My Polio Story

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Crackers and Courage
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 6/1/15 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Polio Network 6/1/15

Crackers and Courage

“You’re OK but your feet don’t match”, my future husband jokingly said to me as he was walking me home from our first meeting.

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Deborah Cunningham 1945-2015
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 5/8/15 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 5/8/15

Deborah Cunningham 1945-2015

Deborah served as activist, mentor, friend, sister and boss to many in Memphis and across the country.

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‘I woke up and I couldn’t walk’: This is the polio that should become just a memory
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 4/20/15 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 4/20/15

‘I woke up and I couldn’t walk’: This is the polio that should become just a memory

At the age of four, I quickly had to come to terms with the devastating reality of contracting polio. I was born in Israel in 1945, but it would be another decade before the country began a national immunization program.

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Seattle Polio Survivor Describes Lasting Impact of Disease (Podcast)
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 4/14/15 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 4/14/15

Seattle Polio Survivor Describes Lasting Impact of Disease (Podcast)

Ross Reynolds speaks with polio survivor and post-polio syndrome sufferer Kathy Parrish about her experience as a child with polio and the lasting impacts of the disease.

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How Polio and Other Struggles Shaped the Life of Former CBC Producer Peter Kavanagh
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 4/12/15 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 4/12/15

How Polio and Other Struggles Shaped the Life of Former CBC Producer Peter Kavanagh

Peter Kavanagh is recalling a time four decades past. Stricken with paralytic poliomyelitis during the epidemic of 1953, he has lived a physical life of what he calls “really bad odds”

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Fighting For My Life
Survivor Stories Polio Network 2/5/15 Survivor Stories Polio Network 2/5/15

Fighting For My Life

I grew up proud to be a polio survivor, blissfully unaware of the stigma many people attach to paralysis and deformity.

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Polio Survivor And Doctor Chooses New Path. An Interview with Lauro Halstead, MD
Survivor Stories, Polio History Other Contributor 12/31/14 Survivor Stories, Polio History Other Contributor 12/31/14

Polio Survivor And Doctor Chooses New Path. An Interview with Lauro Halstead, MD

“I think an important element for any young person is the whole concept of resilience and perseverance. I mean, no one’s life is free of problems, of challenges, of confrontations.” Lauro Halstead

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Working Man
KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Other Contributor 11/29/14 KeystoneSurvivor, Survivor Stories Other Contributor 11/29/14

Working Man

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Life After Polio: Realities and Practicalities Symposium (Video)
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 11/18/14 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 11/18/14

Life After Polio: Realities and Practicalities Symposium (Video)

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Illness is a Life Sentence
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 9/29/14 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 9/29/14

Illness is a Life Sentence

Kiwi parents who question the need to vaccinate their children need to know that the crippling disease poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, is “just a plane ride away.”

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Eleanor Roosevelt gave reassuring touch to polio victim
Survivor Stories Other Contributor 9/22/14 Survivor Stories Other Contributor 9/22/14

Eleanor Roosevelt gave reassuring touch to polio victim

Standing front of the first lady, she tried to apologize, but was halted in midsentence. "My dear, I understand perfectly," Mrs. Roosevelt said soothingly. "You are a polio."

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