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Eunice Kennedy Shriver believed that people with disabilities could play sports while others didn't even want to believe it. Thanks to her, people with disabilities have a chance to prove to the world that they could do it. Thank you! Danielle Blue. 12.08.20.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Eunice Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on July 10, 1921, the fifth of Rose and Joseph Kennedy’s nine children and their third daughter. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Noroton, Connecticut, and Manhattanville College, and received a B.S. degree in sociology from Stanford University ...
Eunice Kennedy Shriver credeva nella giustizia ma, alla fine degli anni ’50 e agli inizi degli anni ’60, ne ha vista davvero poca nei confronti delle persone con disabilità intellettive. Ha osservato con dolore quanto siano state escluse e relegate negli istituti.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Chicago Park District hold a news conference to announce plans for the first "Olympic" games for young people with intellectual disabilities. 20 July 1968. About 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from the USA and Canada competed in the first Special Olympics International Summer Games in Chicago.
When people speak of the origin of Special Olympics, they look no further than the first Camp Shriver—founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the early 1960s. They talk of one woman's dream that started in her own backyard. They speak of her vision: how through sports, the lives of people with intellectual disabilities would be transformed and public perceptions would be changed forever.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver continues work with Kennedy Foundation programs, including personally teaching physical education classes to young people with intellectual disabilities. March 1965 Six major universities begin offering curricula leading to specialty degrees in recreation for people with intellectual disabilities. March 1965
Eunice Kennedy Shriver changed the world. This year, the fiftieth anniversary of the first Special Olympics International Games, more than five million athletes are participating in 100,000 competitions in 172 countries. That’s a legacy at least as profound as any left by her more celebrated brothers.
