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Books

"Books" includes volumes written by physicians and researchers about the late effects of polio and post-polio syndrome. Biographical and autobiographical works about the polio experience dating from the 1950s to present are also included. 

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Elegy for a Disease: A Personal and Cultural History of Polio

Finger, Anne

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Twin Voices: A Memoir of Polio, the Forgotten Killer

Flood Nichols, Janice

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Not a Poster Child: Living Well With a Disability, A Memoir

Francine Falk-Allen

An excerpt from Francine's book was published in Post-Polio Health, Vol. 34, No. 3, and can be seen here

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No Spring Chicken

Francine Falk-Allen

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Proceedings: Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses for Ambulation

From the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetics (AAOP)

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Black Bird Fly Away: Disabled in an Able-bodied World

Gallagher, Hugh G.

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Rehabilitation into Independent Living: The 30th anniversary issue of Rehabilitation Gazette

Gazette International Networking Institute (now Post-Polio Health International)

Contact info@post-polio.org to obtain a copy of this collection of 40 stories by individuals with a disability (including 30 polio survivors) explaining how they "got here from there."

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A Summer Plague: Polio and Its Survivors

Gould, Tony

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The Polio Journals: Lessons from My Mother

Gross, PhD, Anne K.

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I Run with What I Have

Hagy, Bonnie L.

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