Crippled Children

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Sometime we forgot how much civilization has advanced in 90 years. What was common becomes weird.

Of course, at my age I still recall childhood polio as a danger.

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Comments

Wow, I coulda been one of these kids back in the day. I had leg braces at night and special shoes when I was little due to being flat footed and pigeon toed. I had to wear those ugly shoes all through grade school, I hatted those things.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 08/13/12 at 10:54 AM

My brother and I lucked out but I remember others that didn't. Over here things were even worse.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 08/13/12 at 01:53 PM

At my age I remember being in the hospital with polio.

Posted by Techs on 08/14/12 at 09:00 AM

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