Category Archives: Media Coverage
OAM recipient Merle Thompson honoured for her service to the community
Congratulations to Merle Thompson, past Vice President and current Secretary and Life Member of Polio NSW, who was awarded a OAM in 2019. Merle’s citation in the OAM listing:
‘I didn’t know I had parents until I was seven’: Polio’s forgotten survivors – ABC Capricornia
For the first seven years of her life, Robynne Clifton was confined to a hospital ward for treatment, hundreds of kilometres away from her family. Ms Clifton is one of an estimated 400,000 Australians affected by polio and wants people to know that although the viral infection is no longer a threat, it is not forgotten.
Continue reading →“Polio now known as the encore virus” – Mountain Views Mail
Thank you Mountain Views Mail for featuring this article.
“Polio could be the problem” – Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader
Thank you Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader for featuring this article
“The Baron of Barjarg and the late effects of polio” – Mansfield Courier
Thank you Mansfield Courier for featuring this article.
Australian Physiotherapy Association – “Still here, but older: polio then and now”
Thank you Australian Physiotherapy Association for featuring this article in their InMotion publication.
“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 →
The Senior – “A blessed life, polio or not”
“Information session held for forgotten disease” – Yorke Peninsula Country Times
Thank you to Yorke Peninsula Country Times newspaper for featuring this article.
