PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jeffrey M. Graham
TI  - Post-Polio Deterioration
AID  - 10.1111/j.1474-7766.2004.12-183.x
DP  - 2004 Feb 01
TA  - Practical Neurology
PG  - 58--59
VI  - 4
IP  - 1
4099  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/4/1/58.short
4100  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/4/1/58.full
SO  - Pract Neurol2004 Feb 01; 4
AB  - I was born in 1947 with developmental dysplasia of my right hip and was put in plaster for some months, but without success. In 1948, poliomyelitis left my other leg flaccid. I was fitted with a calliper and learned to walk, aged 3, by holding the collar of an Alsatian dog. Small in stature, with a pronounced limp and one stick, I was ready for school.Growing up disabled, I received enormous kindness. After the Second World War, many disabled people just operated lifts or sold newspapers. The special school I was going to be sent to had never had a pupil pass the 11-plus to allow them a decent secondary education, but a normal infant school headteacher bent the rules to take me in, assisted by an Alderman. I was started in the normal world. My secondary school made special arrangements without fuss. The Health Service was marvellous. Although