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To help prevent
falls, learn why you fall. There are two reasons: your
body is tripping you up, or your environment is tripping you up! If
you are beginning to stumble a lot find out if it's because there's
a problem with the way your body is working: dizziness, muscle
weakness, balance problems, or slippery floors, cluttered rooms,
etc. Polio doctors and other health care providers can give you
invaluable advice on how to prevent falls and possible further
disabilities.
Wheelchair
Etiquette
Always ask the person using the wheelchair if he/she would like
assistance. Your help may not be needed or wanted.
A wheelchair is part of the user's personal body space. Don't crowd
it! -If the conversation lasts for more than a few minutes, consider
pulling up a chair, or even kneeling to get yourself at the same
level as the person in the wheelchair ~ Don't 'Shush' children when
they ask questions about the wheelchair. Open communication helps
overcome frightening or misleading attitudes. ~ Don't assume that
using a wheelchair is in itself a tragedy. Remember, it is a means
of freedom that allows the user to move about independently.
IN MEMORY OF
RECENTLY
DECEASED PPSGM MEMBERS
With more than 1,500 members in Maine and around the
world, we like to think of ourselves as one big family. As a result,
we like to keep you informed when we learn that someone has passed
on. So it is with the following folks:
Edward Winslow- Portland, Theodora Blackington-Camden, Arlene
Beauregard - Clinton, Cyril Weinstein - Belfast, Lucille Stark -
Bangor, Arthur Stevens - Norway.
Stress increases
the symptoms of PPS
One of the ways to reduce stress is to give yourself something to
look forward to. Post Polio survivor Rhoda 01km suggests we break
our future pleasures into four categories: 1) small pleasures that
occur once a day, e.g. reading in bed and eating some marshmallows!
2) larger weekly pleasures like watching a favorite TV mystery; 3)
monthly pleasures like going out to dinner and a movie with a good
friend; 4) Yearly events such as a vacation or a favorite holiday.
When the big wheels...really big
wheels
... where in the front! (circa 1890)
PICTURE
The Disability
History Museum...
...is pleased to announce that a large number of images and
documents from the "Polio Chronicle" are now publicly available. The
"Polio Chronicle" was published by patients at Warm Springs,
Georgia, from 1931-34, and the new materials provide fascinating
insights into the histories of accessible architecture, assistive
technology, the building of a disability community, and the role
Warm Springs played in the life of Franklin Roosevelt.
www.disabilitymuseum.org
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