Rachel Ingram
Celebrating the life of Dr Margaret Cooper
Dr Margaret Cooper OAM, passed away in hospital on Saturday 27th October 2018. Margaret was a qualified Social Worker, and a staunch, life-long advocate for people with disabilities. She was active … Continue reading →
World Polio Day 2018
World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to commemorate the birth of Jonas Salk, who led the first team to develop a vaccine against poliomyelitis.¹ Polio … Continue reading →
Growing up with Polio in Australia in the 1950s – by Dr John Tierney
Dr John Tierney OAM PhD National Patron and former President of Polio Australia In the 2012 Australia Day Awards, John was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM); for … Continue reading →
Meetings with Parliamentary Patrons – October 2018
Gillian Thomas (President, Polio Australia), Alan Cameron (Treasurer, Polio Australia) and Paul Cavendish (Clinical Health Educator, Polio Australia) visited Canberra on 17-18th October 2018, and met with Polio Australia’s Parliamentary Patrons. … Continue reading →
“Forgotten but not gone” – Barrier Daily Truth
“We organised with the Primary Health Network to come out and run this workshop as well as ‘linking in’ our polio survivors with some health services in Sydney by video conference. … Continue reading →
“Polio Still A Problem For Many” – The Advertiser
This article appeared in the Boomer Health section of The Advertiser (Adelaide).
Continue reading →The Senior – “A blessed life, polio or not”
Pedorthics: Striding Ahead Conference
Polio Australia’s Steph Cantrill presented on “Getting the Assessment and Prescription Right with Polio Survivors”, including some preliminary results of the recent Orthotic Users’ Survey, at the Pedorthics: Striding Ahead conference … Continue reading →
“Information session held for forgotten disease” – Yorke Peninsula Country Times
[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.stillhere.org.au/wp-content/uploads/YPCT180918P23-002.pdf” title=”Yorke Peninsula Country Times September 2018″] Thank you to Yorke Peninsula Country Times newspaper for featuring this article.
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