Rena (Martha L.) DeRosa: An Informed and Grateful Polio Survivor
“I HAD polio and now I’m living with the late effects of that terrible virus. There’s no denying it. “
Looking Back at Life’s Miracles
I could not move anything except one eyelid; even the muscles controlling my eyeballs went limp and my eyes just rolled around aimlessly. I could not breathe, swallow, talk, or move. I was only eight.
Thomas Fetterman
His three months in the hospital included an iron lung, a rocking bed and painful physical therapy. He learned how to stay positive in the face of adversity.
Staying Positive in the Face of Adversity - My Time Inside an Iron Lung (Video)
Thomas Fetterman caught polio when he was 8. His various hospital stays included needing an iron lung. Despite his many challenges he always looks for the positive aspects of his experiences.
Polo Pioneers - The Randig Family
My parents decided to volunteer our entire family (themselves included), feeling strongly that it was the right thing to do.
Brad Fuller
His parents would have given anything for their son to have had a vaccine to prevent polio.
“It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair.” Judy Heumann (Video)
“It is not a tragedy to me that I'm living in a wheelchair.” Judy Heumann
An Unexpected Journey - Celebrating the Life of Lauro S. Halstead, MD
Have you ever asked yourself if polio, in a curious way, enriched your life? Unexpected Journey: A Physician’s Life in the Shadow of Polio recounts Dr. Lauro Halstead’s personal quest to answer this question.
By Pamela Sergey
Serving my country . . . and paying it forward.
Serving my country . . . and paying it forward. By Donald P. Abrams
'We Are Still Here' (article & video)
These Philadelphia-area polio survivors continue to suffer from a disease thought to be long gone.
ALAN TOY: Polio Survivor, Stage and Film Actor, Advocate for the Disabled
Alan was the first actor to portray the role of FDR while personally having the same disability.
Ordinary People Change the World: I Am Frida Kahlo
I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint.
By Pamela Sergey