TY - JOUR T1 - Post-Polio Deterioration JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 58 LP - 59 DO - 10.1111/j.1474-7766.2004.12-183.x VL - 4 IS - 1 AU - Jeffrey M. Graham Y1 - 2004/02/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/4/1/58.abstract N2 - 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 ER -