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Balmoral Beach Polio survivor

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 14 September 2023 by Polio Australia14 September 2023

By: Patricia Hill I was diagnosed with polio in 1944 when I was 18 months old and living at Balmoral Beach NSW. I spent 3 months in Wade House, Camperdown Children’s … Continue reading →

Shall We Dance?

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 16 May 2023 by Polio Australia23 May 2023

By: Rita Hayes My father, Canice Hayes, was an Irish step-dance champion. Dancing was important to my parents as evidenced by their naming me Rita, after Rita Hayworth, arguably Fred Astaire’s … Continue reading →

In My Dreams – Lynette Rutherford

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 5 October 2022 by Polio Australia5 October 2022

By Lynette Rutherford (Infantile paralysis experienced at age 4 – Left arm paralysed and weak side) In My Dreams I still dream I am serving in tennis, Am marching, with baton … Continue reading →

Polly – My Polio Story

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 28 September 2022 by Polio Australia28 September 2022

By Pauline (Polly) Corrigan My family arrived in Sydney Australia 17th June 1951. After a short time at a migrant camp we moved to a furnished house with an engineering job … Continue reading →

If only…

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 5 October 2021 by Polio Australia5 October 2021

By Rosalie Cogger-Collins If only the Polio Vaccine had been available in the early 1950’s my sister Gloria and I would not have suffered from having Polio and be now suffering … Continue reading →

My First Pandemic

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 16 November 2020 by Polio Australia16 November 2020

By Anonymous Our last Polio pandemic was from the mid-1930s to 1956. Anyone here in Quorn born much earlier than 1956 will remember it, probably vividly. The US bacteriologist, Jonas Salk, … Continue reading →

The shape of life: polio, disease and my mum

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 30 October 2020 by Polio Australia30 October 2020

By Matt Gibbs My mother, Margaret Gibbs, is seventy years old and doesn’t look a day over sixty-nine. Aside from a pronounced limp on her left side, caused by polio, Mum … Continue reading →

Embraced by it long before understanding of anything around

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 23 October 2020 by Polio Australia24 October 2020

By Sajid Hossain Yes, I’ve survived! Thanks to the Almighty for such caring parents, grandparents and uncles who did everything within their reach to help me. I was mischievous but not … Continue reading →

Walk This Way

Polio Australia - We're Still Here Posted on 22 October 2020 by Polio Australia24 October 2020

By Suzanne Brigham Contracting polio at 13 months of age (66 years ago) had more of an impact for my family in the first 16 years than me. I knew nothing … Continue reading →

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 →

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  • Balmoral Beach Polio survivor 14 September 2023
  • Shall We Dance? 16 May 2023
  • In My Dreams – Lynette Rutherford 5 October 2022
  • Polly – My Polio Story 28 September 2022
  • If only… 5 October 2021
  • My First Pandemic 16 November 2020
  • The shape of life: polio, disease and my mum 30 October 2020

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