When Polio Came Home: How Ordinary People Overcame

When Polio Came Home: How Ordinary People Overcame Extraordinary Challenges

When Polio Came Home is about how ordinary people (and their families) overcame extraordinary challenges in the 1940s and â€™50 when polio was rampant. Children as young as eleven months were hospitalized for weeks, monthsâ€”even years. How did they cope? How did the families (and siblings) cope? The poliovirus attacked all ages, leaving some with no aftereffects, other confined to a wheelchair for life. These 41 stories are told by those whose lives were affected, and how they wanted to â€œbe normalâ€ as children, and live a full lifeâ€”which they did.

Country	USA
Author	Connie Anderson
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780578134772
ISBN	0578134772
Label	Words & Deeds Incorporated dba CAB Press
Manufacturer	Words & Deeds Incorporated dba CAB Press
NumberOfPages	290
PublicationDate	2013-12-06
Publisher	Words & Deeds Incorporated dba CAB Press
Studio	Words & Deeds Incorporated dba CAB Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

When Polio Came Home: How Ordinary People Overcame Extraordinary Challenges