Memorial Dedicated to FDR’s Disability Will Feature Personal Tributes to People with Disabilities – Disabled World
Sculpture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt greeting a young girl who is also disabled, will be the first memorial dedicated to FDR disability Source: Memorial Dedicated to FDR’s Disability Will Feature Personal Tributes to People with Disabilities – Disabled World Published 2016-07-05 Author: Marc Diamond, Chair, FDR Hope Memorial Committee – Contact: fdrhopememorial.org Quote: “How […]
Polio Pioneer Helps Survivors Hold On To Strength : NPR
People come from around the world to see Dr. Lauro Halstead. He’s one of only a handful of doctors in the U.S. who specializes in polio, and he was one of the first to spread the word about post-polio syndrome, a condition that affects polio survivors. Halstead has special insight into the challenges of the […]
Polio struck terror in Houston and across the nation – Houston Chronicle
In response to deadly public health crisis, community demanded ‘Victory Over Polio’ The polio epidemic made 1943 to 1954 a frightening decade in the Houston area, but it also begot TIRR Memorial Hermann, a world-renowned rehabilitation hospital, as well as medical innovation, a spirit of community unity and a health museum that endures to this […]