Welcome to the
Ohio Polio Network
Website
Home, In Memorial, Akron , Mid-Ohio
Valley, Miami Valley and The Polio Connection PPSG pages updated May 12, 2019
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Please
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OPN year is from September 1, 2018 thru August 31, 2019.
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Thank You to our 2018 Ohio Polio Network Donors
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In Memorial
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"Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them
all." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
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2018 Ohio Polio Conference Program
2018 Ohio Polio Network Conference Pictures
2018 OPN Conference Presentation Hallie Baker PhD
2018 Bernice Krumhansl Award - Alice Sporar
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Polio History Smithsonian Institution
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Whatever Happened to Polio
Post-Polio Health International
Polio Place
Help us add to Polio Place: PHI is inviting you to send "Essays"
about your polio experience for consideration of our new additional site - Polio Place. See examples at polioplace.org, Living
with Polio, Relationships, Essays. If you have questions,
contact
director@post-polio.org.
The Late Effects of Polio Information for General Practitioners
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Post Polio Support Group Meetings
May 20, 2019 Mid-Ohio Valley Post-Polio Support Group
June 8, 2019 Akron Post-Polio Support Group
June 8, 2019 Miami Valley Post-Polio Support Group
June 13, 2019 The Polio Connection - Greater Cincinnati
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Ohio Polio Network Board Meeting
Monday, June 3, 2019
1:00 PM
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Links to Recent Articles
In Memory of Anita Post
The world is close to conquering polio
Mural in the works to commemorate 1944 Hickory polio hospital
Kansas City polio survivor is one of last iron lung users in U.S.(youtube)
Lahore boy contracts polio as tally hits nine in 2019
Why history forgets the NZ polio epidemic of 1916
Post-Polio Syndrome, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Mayo Clinic
Polio In the USA (youtube video)
'Be better or bitter': Niceville woman shares her story of life after polio
How surviving polio formed my view on protecting others from future disease
PV Neighbors: Ruth Lohrer's life of volunteerism began with 'driving a bread truck'
Serious injuries fail to stop 72-year-old's love for art
Brazilian polio survivor who has lived 43 years in a hospital
Post-polio syndrome affects 7,000 people who 'don't have time to wait'
Man at center of 1950 Wythe County polio epidemic dies
Polio Survivors support vaccinations for children
HISTORY OF THE WHEELCHAIR
The Last Few Polio Survivors - Last of the Iron Lungs - video
Michael Klein: Anti-immunization crusaders risk bringing back illnesses 'we hope never to see again'
History Through Our Eyes: Feb. 26, 1954, fighting polio
Retired engineer refurbishes, and then donates, power wheelchairs
In Memory of Otto Larry Cullum
Column: Updated polio exhibit in Hickory is excellent
In Memory of Paulette Smith Lambert
A Story of Life - Donna Kidner
In Memory of Donna Kidner
Encyclopedia of Polio and PPS - Index by Subject
More Links to Articles
The Warm Springs Story: Legacy & Legend
PolioToday.Org Tell Your Story
University of Pittsburgh Human Engineering Research Laboratories: Research Study Recruitment
Polio Australia: What are the late effects of polio?
Mayo Clinic: Post-Polio Syndrome
British Polio: Polio & Post Polio Syndrome (PPS)
Upcoming Clinical Trial PPS
Tom House Presentation The healthy nervous system and the nervous system after an acute Polio illness with the after effects
and the Post Polio Syndrome (PPS)(Video)
Access to Medical Care For Individuals With Mobility Disabilities
Polio Australia's July 2014 Polio Oz News
The End Of Polio Sign the Petition
PPS Internet Resources Updated 01/01/2017
NINDS Motor Neuron Diseases Information Page
How to File an ADA Complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice
Guide to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Standards
Guide to the ABA (Architectural Barriers Act)Standards
Network of Care For Seniors and People with Disabilities
POST POLIO NEWS ARCHIVE PAGE
