Who Is Robin Cavendish? By Vincent Iannelli, MD / October 8, 2017 October 22, 2017 / Breathe, iron lung, polio, polio survivor, polio vaccines, post-polio syndrome, Robin Cavendish Robin Cavendish was a respirator dependent polio survivor whose life story is told in the new movie Breathe. Share this:FacebookTwitterRedditPrintLinkedInPinterestEmailTumblrWhatsAppLike this:Like Loading...