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Anthony Kennedy Shriver is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Best Buddies International, which he created in 1989 to foster one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (born July 20, 1965) is an American activist for people with intellectual disabilities. In 1989, he founded Best Buddies International, an international organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities to find employment and social opportunities.
Anthony Shriver, 35, founded and was named President of Best Buddies International, Inc., in January 1989. The mission of Best Buddies, a non-profit organization, is to enhance the lives of people with mental retardation by providing opportunities for socialization and employment.
As the son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, Anthony was determined to address the unjustified lack of opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to socialize with their neurotypical peers.
Kennedy-Shriver Commitment. For more than half a century, the Kennedy Family has been at the forefront of global efforts to support people with intellectual disabilities – people who for years were shut away, powerless to change society’s negative perception of them.
Anthony Kennedy Shriver is the Founder, Chairman & CEO of Best Buddies International, which he created in 1989 to foster one-to-one friendships between people with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
