Harry Donahue - A Familiar Voice From Radio, has a Story To Tell: “The New Polio”
Donahue is not the ‘woe is me’ type. If people ask him about his uneven gait, he usually just tells them he’d tripped over something the other day.
The New Polio: What Would Mom and Dad Have Done?
I wish my parents were alive right now so that I could hear all about the decisions they had to make, the fears they experienced and the trust they had in medical professionals when I was diagnosed at age two, with Poliomyelitis in 1950.
What is it like to have polio?
I woke up one morning in 1953 with a very painful, stiff neck and back. I was thirteen years old, and I’d never known anything like this.
David Salamone: He Did Something Good… and his Life Made a Difference
Today my six-year-old son, David, started karate*. To most parents, such an occasion would be one of many proud events in the growth of their child; however, for my wife, Kathy, and me it was much more.
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Technology
“Polio survivors, and others who need them, will be better off if we can think of assistive technologies as just another modern technology that help us live better and easier lives. Daniel J. Wilson, PhD