The Polio Australia Health and Wellness Retreat for polio survivors and their partners/family members will be held from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 October, 2018 in beautiful Glenelg, South Australia
Read moreWalk With Me Fundraiser October 2018
Polio Australia’s “Walk With Me” event will be held in Glenelg on the 11th October. Find out how you can participate or donate.
Read moreHundreds Of People Attend Late Effects of Polio Information Session
Over 120 polio survivors turned out to a free information session to learn more about best practice treatment for PPS and LEoP.
Read moreSummary of Anaesthesia Issues For The Post-Polio Patient by Selma H. Calmes
Recent advise for polio survivors that are about to undergo surgery
Read moreHow A House Sale Sign Helped Me Play Golf
I was stricken with infantile paralysis (polio) at the age of two and had my last tendon stretching operation at about eleven, after that I tried to forget about it and get on with my life.
About five years ago I started to collapse forward and realized that the time had arrived when I needed some support in walking. I first paid for a brace to be made for me but it was not successful, so decided to have a go at making one myself. This, of course was all new to me so it was a matter of starting from scratch.
Read moreAutumn Newsletter 2018
Inside this edition:
Remembering Australia’s polio scourge
Polio virus discovered at Melbourne sewerage plant (By Aisha Daw - The Age)
Life skills for polios—a light-hearted hand book
Walk with me 2017 photos
Polio humour
Polio health and wellness retreat (Expression of interest)
The Late Effects of Polio FREE Information Session
You are invited to attend a free information session at 1pm on the 12th May at Tea Tree Gully Community Learning Centre hosted by Polio Australia.
Read moreRemembering Australia’s Polio scourge – by Professor Joan McMeeken, University of Melbourne
The movie Breathe reminds us of the days when polio indiscriminately cut down the fit and healthy, so what was it like in Australia for those who contracted the disease?
Houses were fumigated, people quarantined, and entire families ostracised. Desperately worried parents resorted to hanging pungent camphor around their children’s necks in a misguided effort to ward off the virus and some fled to the mountains to escape.
Read morePolio virus discovered at Melbourne sewerage plant – by Aisha Dow (The Age)
You are invited to attend a free information session at 1pm on the 12th May at Tea Tree Gully Community Learning Centre hosted by Polio Australia.
Read moreWalk With Me 2017
Peter Wierenga (Polio SA’s Treasurer) and Brett Howard (Polio SA’s President) participated in the “Walk With Me” event in Canberra on Thursday 30th November 2017. So far we’ve raised almost five hundred dollars, and it still not too late to support us!
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