POLIO, Then, Post Polio, and the Survivors

There are about 700,000 polio survivors, and millions worldwide experiencing what I call Part 2 of Polio; Post-Polio Syndrome. These survivors now experience a greater disability than the original polio. Readers will understand a history of the disease, how it affected the survivors in the beginning, and now, the Iron Lung, It will discuss the different polio viruses, the different types of polio, parental attitudes toward a disabled polo child, growing up as a polio survivor, the Support Groups that began in the 1980's to deal with Post-Polio Syndrome,