Explore links to post-polio organisations and groups in Australia and around the world. This selection is not comprehensive, but provides a useful starting point for finding information, resources, advocacy and support related to the post-polio experience.

Our Guidebook for the Post-Polio Experience is directly oriented to the Australian experience, but it is important to be aware of and understand the broader post-polio community.

Things you might find on these websites:

• Newsletters
• Support groups
• Online group chats and video chats
• Advocacy work
• Projects and research contributions

AUSTRALIA:

 

Australia

• Polio Australia

 

Australian Capital Territory & New South Wales

• Polio NSW

 

Queensland

• Spinal Life Australia

 

South Australia & Northern Territory

• Polio SA

 

Tasmania

• Contact Polio Australia – [email protected]

 

Victoria

• Polio Network Victoria
• Post-Polio Victoria

 

Western Australia

• Post-Polio Network of WA

 

INTERNATIONAL:

 

Brazil

• A Associação G-14 de Apoio aos Pacientes de Poliomielite e Síndrome Pós-Pólio
• Sindrome Pós Polio Brasil

 

Europe

• European Polio Union (European Members on this list are from this source)
  • Austria – Regionalgruppe 201 Osterreich des Bundesverbandes Polio e. V.
  • Belgium – Postpolio Belgie vzw & AcessAndGo-ABP
  • Czech Republic – Asociace Polio
  • Denmark – Landsforeningen af Polio-, Trafik- og Ulykkeskadede (PTU)
  • Finland – Suomen Polioliitto Ry
  • France – Polio-France-GLIP (Groupe de Liaison et d’Information Polio)
  • Germany – Bundesverband Polio e.V.
  • Hungary – Magyar Polio Alapítvány
  • Italy – Associazione Interregionale Disabili Motori – AIDM
  • Ireland – Polio Survivors Ireland
  • Netherlands – (Post)Polio Group from the VSN (Vereniging Spierziekten Nederland)
  • Norway – Landsforeningen for Polioskadde
  • Slovakia – Asociácia polio v Slovenskej republike
  • Spain – Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio (AAPSP) & Euskadiko Polio Elkartea
  • Sweden – Personskade Förbundet (RTP)
  • Switzerland – Swiss Association of Paraplegics (ASPr-SVG)
  • United Kingdom – British Polio Fellowship Northern Ireland Polio Fellowship & Polio Survivors Network

 

International

• International Post-Polio Education Collaborative (IPPEC)
• New website for IPPEC coming soon!

 

United States

• Post-Polio Health International