Membership Benefits

  • Quarterly newsletters, Network News, packed with articles on post-polio from local and international sources; notification of, and updates on, research related to post-polio care; reports on information seminars; self-help tips; and news and views of Support Groups and individual members.
  • Guided access to Polio NSW’s comprehensive internet site about the late effects of polio, and links to many other sites of interest.
  • Ability to purchase a wide range of resources which describe the late effects of polio and management techniques, including:
    • Managing Post-Polio: A Guide to Living and Aging Well with Post-Polio Syndrome Second Edition. Edited by Lauro S Halstead MD
    • Comprehensive Australian booklets A Practical Approach to the Late Effects of Polio and The Late Effects of Polio (Information for Health Care Providers)
    • Conference Proceedings and complementary audio tapes from the Network’s 1996 International Conference Living with the Late Effects of Polio
    • Audio tapes from the Network’s 1998 Mini-Conference: Managing the Late Effects of Polio
    • 1998 Report of the Network’s Survey of Members : Polio – A Challenge for Life – The Impact of Late Effects
    • A badge featuring a colourful graphic of a single polio virus particle is also available
  • Access to a comprehensive library of printed material and audio/video tapes on post-polio symptoms and treatment, as well as coping with a disability. A library catalog is under development.
  • Invitations to half yearly Seminars, held in metropolitan Sydney where local and interstate speakers address a diverse range of post-polio and disability issues.
  • Invitations to a Country Conference held in a New South Wales country centre every second year.
  • Eligibility to participate in, or convene, regional Support Groups which provide local assistance.
  • Through Polio Awareness Month held throughout Australia each October, the opportunity to assist Polio NSW to promote its existence and activities by informing people who have had polio, carers, family members, health professionals, policy makers, service providers and the community in general about the late effects of polio.
  • Participation in immunisation programs in conjunction with the New South Wales Divisions of General Practice, and participation in medical and community education programs about the late effects of polio.
  • The opportunity to contribute your skills and talents to assist others who have had polio, or to help with organisational tasks or fund-raising. Volunteers can work on a regular or occasional basis, at home or in the Polio NSW office which is graciously provided by The Northcott Society.
  • The right to vote in elections for the Polio NSW Management Committee and to participate in deciding the direction and programs of Polio NSW.

Polio NSW can be contacted by writing to PO Box 2799, North Parramatta NSW 1750, or by telephoning 02 9890 0946 or 02 9890 0953.