Asociación
Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio - Spain, was born February 2000, of the specific needs of the group (medical treatment,
job, elimination of architectural barriers, technical aids, etc.) and
to know on the Internet, that the symptoms that we suffer have a name
and surname: POST-POLIO SYNDROME – PPS.
Members
of the Association have been working on the dissemination and
collection of information from the POST-POLIO SYNDROME - PPS,
since November 1998.
The
activities of the Association especially mention:
To
provoke the interest of the Health authorities, of the scientific and
medical community so that investigations are carried out on the
causes of the POST-POLIO SYNDROME and the best possible treatment.
They
also claim for those affected by POLIO AND POST-POLIO SYNDROME,
that they can freely exercise their fundamental rights that are
included in the Spanish Constitution, the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, and any future bill of rights that protects people
with Disabilities and improves their quality of life.
The
Association is not for profit, its positions are not remunerated, it
receives no subsidies and develops its work with absolute economic
and political independence.
Lola Corrales
Presidenta de la
Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio
Asociación Afectados de Polio y Síndrome Post-Polio 