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NEWSLETTER / MAGAZINES
1. Folio Polio (bilingual)
A bilingual newsletter for members of Polio Quebec published twice a year. Membership : $20.00/yr. Tel : 514-489-1143 or 1-877-765-4672.
2. L'inclusif (french) <------------------------------------------------------ New --------
L'inclusif, a newsletter sent by email, published many times by month, with a large variety of articles about general subjects touching people with disabilities. Free. To receive it, you have to go on their website : http://www.inclusif.ca/.
3. Abilities Magazin (english)
Canada's lifestyle magazine for people with disabilities. Issued quarterly ($16.00/year, $29.00/2 years). To subscribe : Write c/o The Canadian Abilities Foundation, 340 College Street, suite 401, Toronto, Ontario. M5T 3A9.
Email : subscriptions@abilities.ca.
http://www.abilities.ca/subscribe/
4. Paraquad (french)
Published 4 times a year for the members of the Quebec Paraplegic Association (APQ). Membership: $25.00/yr. for those in a wheel chair ; $35.00/yr. for others. Tel. : 514-341-7272.
http://www.portal.paraquad.qc.ca/web/site/CentreDoc/Paraquad
5. Post-Polio Health (english)
An international newsletter for polio survivors, health professionals and resource centres, to exchange information, encourage research and promote networking among the post-polio community. Issued quarterly. (in the past, it was called Polio Network News). Membership : 30$ US. Adress : Post-Polio Health International, 4207 Lindell Blvd., #110, Saint-Louis, MO 63108-2915, U.S.A. Tel. : 314-534-0475.
Email : info@post-polio.org.
Some sections of the past publications are available free on their website.
http://www.post-polio.org/edu/pphnews/index.html
6. Polio Perspective (Polio Network Victoria) (english) <-------------- New --------
Polio Perspectives is a newsletter published quartely by Independence Australia, a not-for-profit organisation that supports people with a disability or other physical need, to achieve their optimal quality of life.
Email : polio@independenceaustralia.com.
Websites : www.polionetworkvic.asn.au, www.independenceaustralia.com
This newsletter is available online (pdf) : http://www.polionetworkvic.asn.au/newsletters/index.shtml
BOOKS
7. Current trends in Post-Poliomyelitis Syndrome
By D.A. Trojan, MD, M.Sc., and N.R. Cashman, MD. A monograph published by Milestone MEdical Communication, 1996, which can be obtained through Polio Quebec Association or though International Polio Network, 4207 Lindell Blvd., #110, St. Louis, MO 63108-2915 (Tel. : 314-534-0475).
8. L'Histoire vécue de la Polio au Québec (français)
By Sally Aitken, Pierrette Caron et Gilles Fournier. A book reporting 40 testimonys of victims of the poliomyelitis. 288 p.
L'Histoire vécue de la Polio au Québec
9. Walking Fingers - The Story of Polio and Those Who Lived With It (english)
By Sally Aitken, Helen D’Orazio et Stewart Valin. Walking Fingers tells the story of polio in Canada, the story of the determined organizations and people who helped eradicate it and, at the book’s core, thirty-six poignant stories of polio survivors and their caregivers. 239 p.
Walking Fingers – The Story of Polio and Those Who Lived With It