At the age of four, I quickly had to come to terms with the devastating reality of contracting polio. I was born in Israel in 1945, but it would be another decade before the country began a national immunization program.

Ross Reynolds speaks with polio survivor and post-polio syndrome sufferer Kathy Parrish about her experience as a child with polio and the lasting impacts of the disease.

Peter Kavanagh is recalling a time four decades past. Stricken with paralytic poliomyelitis during the epidemic of 1953, he has lived a physical life of what he calls “really bad odds”

I grew up proud to be a polio survivor, blissfully unaware of the stigma many people attach to paralysis and deformity.

“I think an important element for any young person is the whole concept of resilience and perseverance. I mean, no one’s life is free of problems, of challenges, of confrontations.” Lauro Halstead

Kiwi parents who question the need to vaccinate their children need to know that the crippling disease poliomyelitis, commonly known as polio, is “just a plane ride away.”

Standing front of the first lady, she tried to apologize, but was halted in midsentence. "My dear, I understand perfectly," Mrs. Roosevelt said soothingly. "You are a polio."

And if anyone deserves to be shouted about, it's Anne Wafula Strike. The Kenyan-born British Paralympian is the first wheelchair racer to compete for East Africa, has an MBE pinned to her lapel, is a very proud mother and a dedicated mentor.

The focus of this blog is on LIFESTYLE and the art of living well as we grow into our later life years.

A feature from NPR’s “All Things Considered”

Susan Wickersham still remembers the summer weekend in 1954 that forever changed her life.

Tanaquil Le Clercq isn't a household name, but she still holds a stunning place in ballet history.

Celebrating NPSA’s 30th Anniversary supporting polio survivors.

An Interview with Wenzel A. Leff, MD author of Traveling Without A Spare: A Survivor's Guide to Navigating the Post-Polio Journey.

I am a survivor of the Polio epidemic in the UK during the early 1950’s and over the past five years have been experiencing the demoralizing affects of Post Polio Syndrome ( PPS )

From “The Final Inch” documentary.