WE’RE STILL HERE!… AND WE VOTE!
It sounds a little threatening, doesn’t it?
Not voting or expressing our opinions about our countries’ policies can threaten us. We must vote, knowing that in some countries polio survivors can’t.
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October 9-15 is WE'RE STILL HERE! week. This year’s focus is to encourage places of worship to make their buildings and programs more accessible. As the late effects of polio bring on new weakness and as we age, it becomes more and more difficult to do the things we used to do, ie, maneuver the stairs, read printed material and hear speakers. Many times it is easier to just stay home, an act that isolates us.
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PHI’s 12th annual awareness campaign runs from October 7-13, 2018. This year, we invited polio survivors to tell us why "They’re Still Here!" by writing an essay explaining what resources, people or experiences in their life have allowed them to thrive.
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Jean Graber, Central Kansas Polio Survivors Group
Presented at Promoting Healthy Ideas: PHI’s 11th International Conference, June 2014
Legacy means “that which is handed down.”
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Karen Hagrup
I am disabled and proud. I have a doctorate and two daughters. I live in a nice condo with my partner. I’m retired and volunteer regularly in my community. People come to me for help. I rarely worry anymore about others’ attitudes toward my impairment; they’ve probably got it wrong anyway.
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Part III of a three part series published in Post-Polio Health, (Volume 29, Number 4) in 2013.
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, MEd Psych, Omaha, Nebraska
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Part II of a three part series published in Post-Polio Health, (Volume 29, Number 3) in 2013.
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, MEd Psych, Omaha, Nebraska
Surely we don’t need studies to prove that planning ahead is a good idea, yet plenty of them exist, even when it comes to end-of-life issues. The goal, of course, is to assure that a patient’s medical care will ensure the greatest measure of comfort and serenity possible.
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Part I of a three part series published in Post-Polio Health, (Volume 29, Number 2) in 2013.
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, MEd Psych, Omaha, Nebraska
My mother has been on my mind. She’s been gone now for ten years. Death finally came to her after several merciless years of progressive suffering and pain in the nursing home she had selected to take care of her. We had all discussed end-of-life issues with Mother; we knew this was exactly the quality of life she hoped to avoid.
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The US Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures that all children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living. Prior to IDEA, over 4 million children with disabilities were denied appropriate access to public education. Many children were denied entry into public school altogether, while others were placed in segregated classrooms, or in regular classrooms without adequate support for their special needs.
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