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Believe in Yourself

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 7 October 2020 by Polio Australia7 October 2020

By Maureen Maloney I am starting my story from March 2020 when the Corona virus Pandemic began. Isolation, not seeing loved ones, fear and of the unknown and death all seemed … Continue reading →

“Change of life” – at 20 months!

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 30 September 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

By Jen Pretty (Rev.) I have no memory of this place, although I lived here for 6 weeks many years ago, when I was only twenty months old. I have invited … Continue reading →

The after

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 26 September 2020 by Polio Australia9 October 2020

By Colin Ogilvie Just a few words that express my problems seventy years after. Quite often, roughly monthly, severe aches (pain) occurs in various sections of the body which have been … Continue reading →

Beware of operations

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 13 September 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

By Jessie McKay I contracted polio when I was 3 but didn’t get the symptoms of post polio until I was well into my 60’s I am writing this to make … Continue reading →

Poetry and other things

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 12 September 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

By Bob Cowley I was a happy and popular toddler. Then, just after my third birthday, I got polio. I had it for eighteen months – confined to bed, hours of … Continue reading →

Polio Schmolio

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 29 January 2020 by Polio Australia2 October 2020

Thankfully at age 16 the doctor declared that nothing further could be done and I put the very unpleasant experience to the furtherest place in my mind. I studied visual arts … Continue reading →

“I saw the birth of the Paralympics games – but they were not called that then.”

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 9 January 2020 by Polio Australia9 January 2020

By Sheila King In about 1946/7 I was a patient at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Nearly all patients in the ward I was in were there for the long term. The … Continue reading →

Neena Bhandari on SBS Hindi

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 3 January 2020 by Polio Australia3 January 2020

Polio survivor, Neena Bhandari spoke in two interviews on SBS Hindi, to help outreach to polio survivors from CALD backgrounds (all interviews are in Hindi).

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My Dad is a Polio Survivor

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 3 January 2020 by Polio Australia3 January 2020

My dad contracted polio in 1954 when he was 2 years old he was hospitalised and put in a cast, he has had polio ever since and even now at the age of 67 he has PPS (late effects of of polio) and I’m proud to say he is a post polio survivor.

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Pandemic; Margaret’s Experience | Short Film

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 30 October 2019 by Polio Australia3 January 2020

Margaret is a polio survivor, currently living in NSW. The following video was completed by a student for his HSC Visual Arts major work: Margaret has been kind enough to share … Continue reading →

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