My dad’s life was cut short by polio – I know the horrors of this terrible disease Like thousands of others in the UK, my childhood was shaped by polio’s legacy. More info @ https://ift.tt/31KJAiS Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC October 31, 2019 at 09:58PM
Wild polio virus type 3 eradicated: WHO | Samaa Digital Type 1 continues to circulate in Pakistan,…; More info @ https://ift.tt/2Jj6F5S Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC October 25, 2019 at 08:13AM
Our friend, Aruba.
Nigerian Polio Survivor Gives Hope to Thousands Ten years ago, Nigeria accounted for half of the world’s polio cases, but following an aggressive vaccination program, the African nation is on the verge of being declared polio-free. More info @ https://ift.tt/35VqZUC Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC October 23, 2019 at […]
“Today the wheelchair is one of the most commonly used assistive devices for enhancing the personal mobility of people with disabilities. Considered a basic human right for people with limited mobility by the World Health Organisation, it opens up a world of independence and enables participation in social, economic and cultural life.”
BY KAY NIAS ON 1 MARCH 2019 HISTORY OF THE WHEELCHAIR To celebrate International Wheelchair Day on the 1st March, Research Fellow Kay Nias explores the history behind what has arguably been the most important mobility device in history. More info @ https://ift.tt/2P7SeFp Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC October […]
“Today the wheelchair is one of the most commonly used assistive devices for enhancing the personal mobility of people with disabilities. Considered a basic human right for people with limited mobility by the World Health Organisation, it opens up a world of independence and enables participation in social, economic and cultural life.”
BY KAY NIAS ON 1 MARCH 2019 HISTORY OF THE WHEELCHAIR To celebrate International Wheelchair Day on the 1st March, Research Fellow Kay Nias explores the history behind what has arguably been the most important mobility device in history. More info @ https://ift.tt/2P7SeFp Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC October […]
What is it like to have polio? Richard Daggett’s answer: I woke up on morning in 1953 with a very painful stiff neck and back. I was thirteen years old, and I’d never known anything like this. I stayed in bed until mid-morning when my mother called my father at work. He came home and […]
“Yes, I was always trying to pass for normal, but I wouldn’t have passed on anything that I did in my life. I’ve always thought of myself as a willow that bends. “It’s not overcoming, it’s adapting.”
Volunteer Corner: Polio survivor strives for ‘normal’ “I was always trying to pass for normal.” More info @ https://ift.tt/334963D Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC October 05, 2019 at 09:50AM
“Disability is caused by the way society is structured, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference.”
Unstoppable: “Disability is caused by the way society is structured, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference” with actor, filmmaker and double hand amputee, John Lawson – Thrive Global Disability is caused by the way society is structured, rather than by a person’s impairment or difference. If society removes barriers that restrict life choices […]
“What might help is training, clearly stressing that there is a difference between disability and the restrictions that may come with age. So please listen to disabled people, pay attention to their genuine needs and don’t make assumptions – older people might be thankful, too.”
I’m disabled. Please don’t talk to me as if I’m stupid | Penny Anderson Speaking as if I’m confused and hard of hearing is upsetting and patronising, says writer and artist Penny Anderson More info @ https://ift.tt/2OdIvx2 Automated post from Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group (RAG) – https://ift.tt/2cY37pC September 21, 2019 at 05:32AM
Where our eradication efforts began…sad. Thankfully it is vaccine derived and not the wild poliovirus, new vaccine soon to be in use to help eliminate vaccine derived incidences. #endpolio
Polio makes a comeback in the Philippines 19 years after the country was declared free of the disease The Philippines has reported its first case of polio since it was declared free of the childhood disease 19 years ago, dealing a blow to the campaign to eradicate it. More info @ https://ift.tt/2Noh9EH Automated post from […]