Category Archives: I am a polio survivor
Gary’s Polio Project to India
Gary Newton We made this exhausting (and exhilarating) trip to help keep India polio-free and rid the world of polio forever; to support polio survivors in India and Australia; and, as … Continue reading →
The aftermath of surviving polio on Life Matters
Gillian Thomas and Paul Cavendish were interviewed by Amanda Smith on Radio National for the program ‘Life Matters’
Continue reading →Polio Survivor – Gillian from NSW
Gillian is a polio survivor living in NSW and is the President of Polio Australia and Polio NSW. The following is a presentation Gillian did at Parliament House on 10th March … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – Ann from South Australia
Ann is a polio survivor living in Adelaide, South Australia. There was no epidemic in South Australia when I contracted Polio early in 1944 but it was one of those infectious … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – Christine from Queensland
Christine is a polio survivor living in Hervey Bay, Queensland. I contracted polio when I was around 9 years of age. I was treated in the Sylvia Moffet Ward at Brisbane … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – Barbara from Victoria
Barbara is a polio survivor living in Ocean Grove, Victoria. I contracted Polio in 1955 when I was 12 years old living in Mannum, South Australia. Now, at 74 years of … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – Jane from Victoria
Jane is a polio survivor living in Coburg, Victoria. Sometime between 1954/55, Jane contracted polio at just 11 months old whilst living in Melbourne, Victoria. As a result of the virus, … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – John from Victoria
John is a polio survivor living in Burwood, Victoria. My polio story started when I was 18 months old and living in The Netherlands. In the summer of July 1943, I … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – Joy from NSW
Joy is a polio survivor living in Cooranbong, New South Wales. I am probably one of the more fortunate polio survivors. As a small child, I was diagnosed with a mild … Continue reading →
Polio Survivor – Neena from NSW
Neena is a polio survivor living in Sydney, New South Wales. It was a meek October morning in 1967, only a month away from my third birthday, I had worn my … Continue reading →