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It was 1946 and the war was finally over. The family had moved from London to Essex and I attended the local primary school.
One day we were supplied with a form to take home for our parents to sign, it was to advise them that with the onset of polio, the whole school was to be vaccinated, and they were required to sign the application giving their permission. With the knowledge that in the past I always had a bad reaction to any form of injection, my mother was naturally concerned.
Read moreThe Polio SA committee are always seeking to expand our reach and improve our member services.
Over the past two years we have worked with Community Business Bureau – a social enterprise dedicated to building the capacity and sustainability of not for profit organisations. Our focus to date has been on improving our member communications by updating our website, starting an email newsletter and Facebook page, and continuing production of this newsletter.
Read moreInside this edition:
Dr. Nigel Quadros
Reaching more people with post-polio
Polio in my life – a story by Terry Heighton
Humour
Resources from the British Polio Fellowship
On Monday 19 September, I flew into Sydney a little apprehensive about what the next three days would bring. The following morning, I walked into the foyer of the Four Seasons Hotel along with 250 delegates, presenters, carers and friends and was immediately put at ease.
Read moreJo Gordon has had a love of drawing and painting since she was about six years old. After leaving school, she went to art school to refine her natural talent and gain useful skills and techniques in life drawing.
Read moreTechnical difficulties didn’t stop the show when US-based Dr DeMayo, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation spoke to a full house for Polio SA in Glenunga on Sunday 18th September.
Read moreThere was no epidemic in South Australia when I contracted Polio early in 1944 but it was one of those infectious diseases that was always around. I remember they put a block of camphor in a little bag that was hung around the neck in the hope that it would ward off polio. Not much use in my case!
Read moreDuring a rare visit to Australia for the 2016 APAC Post-Polio Conference in Sydney, rehabilitation expert, Dr William DeMayo will fly to Adelaide for a one-off event.
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