Remembering Paul Longmore, disability activist/polio survivor

Longmore, a leading disability scholar and activist who taught at San Francisco State, died Aug. 9 of natural causes at his San Francisco home, said his sister, Ellen Brown. He was 64.


"He devoted his life to making this a better and more just world," Robert A. Corrigan, the university's president, said in a statement. "Legendary, inspirational, pioneering, irreverent … many words are needed to sum up this remarkable man." Read full article...

An alternative to pain after surgery...and a quote

AT-HOME ANESTHESIA


While surgery is not easy, it's the recovery afterwards that can really take its toll on a patient. In the past, patients have been sent home with narcotics to relieve pain, but the drugs can have negative side effects. There's an option that makes recovery at home easier. For Full Article...

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“Polios have a certain advantage over the able-bodied when it comes to aging…. We do not confuse the quality of our life with the quality of our tennis game. We know that happiness is not dependent upon activity nor is meaningful defined by trophies. A meaningful life may be hampered—but need not be defined—by pain or disability.”



—Hugh G. Gallagher, 1998