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rates for schools and districts  Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR):
Polio  FDR's encountered his biggest hurdle in the summer of
1921. After swimming in the waters near his family's home in
Maine, he contracted a crippling disease that left him paralyzed
from the waist down. At the time, his physicians thought the
disease was polio. More recently, doctors who have re-examined
his medical records have suggested that Roosevelt's affliction
might have been another disease, Guillian-Barré syndrome.18
Whatever the disease actually was, news of Roosevelt's paralysis
made the front page of the New York Times and nearly ended his
political career. FDR was eventually able to convince the public
that he had made a full recovery. He hadn't, and for the rest of
his life he used a cane and metal braces to stand and walk short
distances. When he was not in public, he moved around in a
wheelchair.  In 1924, after trying a variety of polio remedies,
FDR visited the min