Whatever Happened to Polio? http://americanhistory.si.edu/polio/howpolio/rehab.htm
Includes displays on the following subjects:
The American Epidemics How Polio Changed Us-The Virus and Vaccine Polio Today
Health Newsflash Site. This site covers such topics as, What is post-polio syndrome? What causes PPS? How is PPS diagnosed? How is PPS treated? and many other topics of interest to PPS survivors.
The Post-Polio Letter, signed by actress and polio survivor Mia Farrow, tells the basic facts about PPS for a patient's doctors, family, and friends.
www.phc-online.com
"This is presented for information purposes only." Power and hand driven wheelchairs, lifts, batteries, walkers, etc. Their site says, "All merchandise is new equipment purchased directly from each manufacturer's factory. Most products ship within 24hrs. of ordering. Products ship from distribution centers located across the US."
Preventing Complications in Polio Survivors Undergoing Surgery
By Richard L. Bruno, Ph.D
www.englewoodhospital.com/PostPolio
The Post-Polio Newsletter
Basic facts about PPS for polio survivor's doctors, family and friends.
http://www.post-polio.org/
Post-Polio Health International's mission is to enhance the lives and independence of polio survivors and home ventilator users through education, advocacy, research and networking.
The Polio Connection
www.oocities.org/w1066w/
This site contains general information concerning PPS, including how to file for disability claims.
The Lincolnshire Post-Polio Network
www.ott.zynet.co.uk/polio/lincolnshire/
This site has links to over 100 articles about post-polio conditions.
The Little White House
www.fdr-littlewhitehouse.org/02_promotion/02_a.html
This site has information of interest concerning FDR's Georgia home, where he lived while he underwent treatments for polio.
Polio Experience Network
www.polionet.org
This site offers information, inspiration, ideas and resources to help understand polio and post-polio syndrome, and to confidently manage life with it; or to help a loved one cope with the effects of polio. It also offer resources for students doing research on the disease. It has some links about disability in general.
Polio Eradication
www.polioeradication.org
The goal of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative is to ensure that no child will ever again know the crippling effects of polio. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is the largest public health initiative the world has ever known. Since 1988 when the World Health Assembly resolved to eradicate polio, two billion children around the world have been immunized against polio thanks to the cooperation of more than 200 countries and 20 million volunteers, backed by an international investment of US$ 3 billion
Total cases of poliovirus worldwide:
For the number of cases of polio reported globally each week, click on link
www.polioeradication.org.