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Jul 7, 2015 · Timothy Shriver offers important insights into the marginalization of mentally ill and disabled persons, their families, and the strides of progress brought about largely by the Special Olympics. It includes interesting and balanced glimpses into the lives of the Kennedy/Shriver family as they walked with their daughter/sister/aunt Rosemary.
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Jun 10, 2014 · An incredibly moving book about the development of the Special Olympics and the history of the nation's understanding about disabilities, the book chronicles the childhood of the Tim Shriver and the Shriver-Kennedy families. He discusses Rosemary Kennedy's childhood and her eventual lobotomy and institutionalization.
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Oct 24, 2022 · Timothy Shriver is an educator, a social activist, a film producer, and an entrepreneur. He has led Special Olympics, an organization that serves upward of four million athletes in 170 countries, for more than a decade. Shriver is perhaps best known for cofounding—and currently chairing—the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional ...
Mar 1, 2021 · Shriver's journey begins close to home, where the quiet legacy of his aunt Rosemary, a Kennedy whose intellectual disability kept her far from the limelight, inspired his family to devote their careers to helping the most vulnerable.
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- Early Years
- How Her Parents Pretended She Was No Different Than The Others
- On Rosemary’s Influence on Her Family, Early on
- And Throughout Her Life
As she reached school age, her disability made her unable to keep pace with her siblings. Her parents, like millions of others whose children are different, struggled to find support. Rosemary attended the same schools as her siblings until she was 11. By then she had fallen so far behind that her parents sent her away to an experimental boarding s...
In fact, they tried to hide Rosemary’s condition not only from the public but from their own close friends, and even from Rosemary herself. There would have been people in their social circles who might have whispered about “bad blood” in the family had the fact become known. They also believed that Rosemary would be happier if kept unaware of how ...
At some level, they must have realized that in their sister Rosemary, they had received something far greater than they had ever been asked to give: a person whose love they didn’t have to earn. With Rosemary, they needed only to give love in order to receive it back.
…In the midst of an enormously competitive and political family system, Rosemary Kennedy lived a full life to the age of eighty-six without ever giving a speech, writing a book, holding a job, or garnering the praise of the mighty. Despite failing to meet any of the expectations that were imposed on the rest of us, she belonged . . . Her presence c...
This is the story of Rosemary Kennedy’s role in leading the family to its force as advocates for the disabled all over the world, of her sister Eunice Shriver’s founding of Special Olympics, of her nephew Timothy’s dedication to this great cause. I was lifted, edified, riveted. Watch recent interviews, read book reviews, and catch up on ...
Nov 11, 2014 · Shriver's journey begins close to home, where the quiet legacy of his aunt Rosemary, a Kennedy whose intellectual disability kept her far from the limelight, inspired his family to devote...
