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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PHI has assembled a collection of polio survivors’ life stories below. Click on the title to view each story. If you would like to submit your own, please send a Word doc and any relevant photos to info@post-polio.org. Uniquely Strong Sel Alonde A Story from Sri Lanka Senarath Attanayake A Window into America’s Paralytic Plague Maurice Becker Francine Lake Bergman Eviriyanti Christina …
Polio and Me: An Inside Look
Nancy Baldwin Carter One day I was running wild through the exhibits at the Thayer County Fair in Nebraska, a typical eleven-year-old shrieking uncontrollably as the Octopus ride tossed me hither and yon, winning a kewpie doll pitching plastic balls through embroidery hoops. The next, I was in bed with the “flu.” I was soon to be rushed to the …