poliomyelitis

A collection of essays by Hugh Gregory Gallagher that reflect the struggles he went through as he suffered polio as a young man and discuss the problems he has encountered as a disabled person in society.

Relates the experiences of Tuyet, an orphan from Vietnam who was adpoted by a Canadian family, as she underwent operations to correct damage done to one of her legs from polio and struggled with memories of the Vietnam War.

"With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II."--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the polio epidemics that swept the world in the early twentieth century, including interviews with victims of the disease, and chronicles the search for a vaccine which was ultimately developed by American doctor Jonas Salk in the early 1950s.

Miranda finds it difficult to rehearse for the dance recital after she learns that her mother's poliomyelitis kept her from dancing when she was a child. Presented in English and Spanish.

After surviving the horrors of polio and painful physical therapy, Pauline realizes that she must overcome her fears of playing hockey again and break away from her overprotective mother when her father builds a rink in the backyard.

Discusses the history of the poliovirus, its effects on the body, vaccines and the researchers who discovered them, and the threat that this virus still poses.

During the summer of 1932 when Lily is twelve years old, she is granted her two greatest wishes, to be far from the sister who torments her and to have a horse of her own, but she does not expect either the tragic events that bring this about or their consequences.