Updated: August 19, 2018
Frank Lee, former board member, founder and first editor of Perspectives
Vera Hazel, board member, editor of Perspectives, since 1995
Bonnie Levitan, board member emeritus, instrumental in establishing St. John’s Polio Clinic
Barbara Oniszczak, former librarian, member, and webmaster
Paula Lemieux, former board member, chairperson for numerous MPN Health Conferences
During 2018, as we move toward our transition into PHI,
we will be remembering some of the Michigan Polio Network highlights,
Along with honoring some of the early members that were instrumental in forming and shaping our organization.
From Polio Perspectives, Vol 12 #2 1997
Michigan Polio Network is transitioning into
Post-Polio Health International.
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Post-Polio Health International.
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In the news...
As a polio survivor in Britain who depended on a ventilator to breathe he tackled the problem of being tied to an unwieldy breathing machine, a tie that severely restricted his ability to move around about his environment.
So he made a way to break that tie. He was an innovator who in 1962 developed a method of putting a ventilator on a battery powered wheelchair.
Cavendish's story is told in the new movie Breathe that is hitting theaters this month.
Brian Tiburzi,
Executive Director
Post-Polio Health International
