These books help to describe what it was/is like to be physically disabled.
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A Paralysing
Fear, The Triumph over polio in America by N.Gilden
Seavey,Jane S.Smith and P.Wagner Published by TV Books An
excellent book about the effect of polio on people in the USA. A
video was also available. ISBN 1575000709 240 pages, 1998
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Something to
Lean On by Barry North Published
1999 by the British Polio Fellowship A history of the
BPF. £3.99 (plus post and packing) from the BPF.
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A Nearly Normal
Life: A Memoir by Charles L. Mee Growing up
with polio in 1950s America. ISBN 0316558524
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In the Shadow
of Polio: A Personal and Social History by
Kathryn Black The account of how polio affected the mother
of a 4 year old child in 1950s America. Black intersperses
research about the polio epidemic that swept the U.S. from 1942 to
1953 throughout her memoir. She vividly describes the desperate
search for the cause of the disease and for ways to treat it, as
well as provides accounts of families devastated by it. 330 pages.
Perseus Publishing ISBN 0201154900
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The Human
Touch: Easter Seals Book by Pat Boone Pat
Boone has become known as "Mr Easter Seals", in addition
to his other accomplishments. This book tells the story of how the
Easter Seals came to be. Published in 1991, by Pat Boone, this
book is also associated with the Enesco corporation. Filled with
black and white pictures of children and adults who are associated
with The Easter Seals, this book also has photos of celebrities
who have contributed to the cause. 188 pages 1992
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March of Dimes:
Images of America by David W.Rose Paperback: 128
pages Arcadia (November 2003) ISBN: 07385125 A history
of the March of Dimes movement from the early fight against polio
to the present day.
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A Summer
Plague: Polio and its Survivors by
Tony Gould Yale University Press
The story of polio including personal accounts of what it's
like to be physically disabled and in leg-braces. An excellent
book.
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