Helen Carter has lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, nearly her entire life. Her earliest years were spent in Asheboro, about an hour-and-a-half drive northeast of Charlotte. She doesn’t remember much about her time in Asheboro but recalls clearly the reason for the move. “When I was 3 years old, I caught a pretty bad case of polio. I was first …
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How the ADA Helped Change My Tune
Charlotte Young I regret that I was too late to participate in this year’s “We’re Still Here!” contest, but I am hoping that I might share my own story in hopes that it might inspire others to reengage in activities that once excited and energized them. When I was young, music was my escape, my joy and my way of …
A Valuable Resource for Polio Survivors: The National Paralysis Resource Center
At Post-Polio Health International, we are always on the lookout for high-quality resources that support our members in living informed, independent and empowered lives. One such resource is the National Paralysis Resource Center (NPRC), operated by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The NPRC is designed to provide practical, day-to-day support for individuals living with paralysis—no matter the cause—and their …
The Point of the ADA
From the series, Polio Survivors Ask, by Nancy Baldwin Carter, B.A, M.Ed.Psych, from Omaha, Nebraska, is a polio survivor, a writer, and is founder and former director of Nebraska Polio Survivors Association. Q: I just remodeled my kitchen and found non-slip tile that is called “ADA tile.” The label helped me narrow the possibilities, but I wasn’t sure if that was a good …
Fear of Using a Cane
From the series, Polio Survivors Ask, by Nancy Baldwin Carter, B.A, M.Ed.Psych, from Omaha, Nebraska, is a polio survivor, a writer, and is founder and former director of Nebraska Polio Survivors Association. Q: A friend who had polio told me that since he uses a cane, people give him more room so he has less fear of being bumped by others. He wishes …
Movin’ On
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, M Ed Psych, Omaha, Nebraska, is a polio survivor, a writer, and is founder and former director of Nebraska Polio Survivors Association. We’re talking civil rights here. Big Time. “Our crowning achievement of the 20th Century,” as Justin Dart, Jr. called it—the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act—the ADA. On July 26 we celebrated its …
What’s a Patient to Do?
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, M Ed Psych, Omaha, Nebraska, is a polio survivor, a writer, and is founder and former director of Nebraska Polio Survivors Association. Let’s say we’re doctor-shopping. Maybe we’ve moved to a new city or our long-time doc is retiring—for whatever reason, we need a different doctor. Question is—where to start? How to choose? We all want the best. Someone …
Close Encounters of the Post-Polio Kind
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, M Ed Psych, Omaha, Nebraska, is a polio survivor, a writer, and is founder and former director of Nebraska Polio Survivors Association. It’s not as if we polio survivors never run into a glitch or two in a day. Let’s face it—dealing with the unexpected has become part of everyone’s routine. Developing the finesse to do …
That Old Feeling
Nancy Baldwin Carter, BA, M Ed Psych, Omaha, Nebraska, is a polio survivor, a writer, and is founder and former director of Nebraska Polio Survivors Association. It got their attention—our friend Mac wheeling along in his power chair, lugging three two-by-fours and a standard toilet stool into the City Council meeting. He’d been there before, our friend Mac, and had …
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (PL 101-336), signed by President George H. W. Bush on July 26, 1990, is first and foremost a civil rights law that establishes a clear and comprehensive prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability. For purposes of the ADA, a “disability” means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or …
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