I certainly don't refer to myself as a "Polio" - I am a polio survivor because I'm a person who survived polio and live with the paralytic after effects and now some late effects. However I don't define myself by an illnes i once had. As one of the younger ones who had polio and I have been a activist for most of my life on many issues and yes there are many from an older generation who are not politically active on disability issues, but that doesn't give them the right to talk for talk rest of us.