How to Sleep Better as a Wheelchair User I used to sleep great. Even post-SCI I could sleep 9-10 hours a night, no problem. But recently, as I’m pushing into middle age, I find getting a solid night’s sleep a lot harder than it used to be.

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4/9 The images haunt medical history: rows of iron lungs filled with polio victims struggling to breathe.

In 1953's devastating outbreak, Canada recorded 9,000 cases and 500 deaths. The disease vanished through vaccines.
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Pioneering Health Care for Children with Disabilities: Untold Legacy of the 1916 Polio Epidemic in the United States In 1916, the United States experienced its first polio epidemic, resulting in 6,000 deaths and 21,000 injured individuals. Medical practices were ill prepared to stop the disease and treat survivor...

Before vaccines, polio devastated communities in the US. The 1916 epidemic led to groundbreaking disability services, but history reminds us—health crises demand coordinated responses. #PolioHistory #SocialWorkMatters #PublicHealthMatters www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...